estábamos buscando

were looking for

→ estar
phrase Rare #27,789
were looking for Past continuous form of buscar. Used for an action in progress in the past.
SP: Te estábamos buscando en la biblioteca.
EN: We were looking for you in the library.

Lo que sea que haya ahí dentro es probablemente lo que estábamos buscando.

Whatever's in there is probably what we were looking for.

— The Internship (2026)

Estábamos buscando sus aretes en el césped.

We were looking for her earrings on the grass.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Te estábamos buscando.

We were looking for you.

Creo que encontramos lo que estábamos buscando.

I think we found what we were looking for.

No los estábamos buscando.

We weren’t looking for them.

Estábamos buscando un tesoro enterrado.

We were looking for buried treasure.

Estábamos buscando mi arete.

We were looking for my earring.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Te estábamos buscando por todas partes.

We were looking for you everywhere.

Él era realmente el hombre que estábamos buscando.

He was truly the man we were looking for.

Estábamos buscando un perro perdido por la zona.

We were looking for a lost dog in the area.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

La estábamos buscando, señorita.

We were looking for you, miss.

— Titanic (1997)