ibas a

you were going to

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phrase Common #3,751
you were going to Followed by an infinitive, it describes something you intended or were expected to do.
SP: Ibas a salir, pero empezó a llover.
EN: You were going to go out, but it started raining.

Pensé que te ibas a quedar en casa.

I thought you were going to stay home.

Dijiste que te ibas a enfrentar a sus tropas.

You said you were going to confront their troops.

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

¿Pero por qué me has dicho antes que ibas a morir pronto?

But why did you tell me earlier that you were going to die soon?

— La strada (1954)

Creí que no me ibas a llamar nunca.

I thought you were never going to call me.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

¿No ibas a llamar al restaurante?

Weren’t you going to call the restaurant?

— 7 años (2016)

¿Te ibas a enfrentar a todo el Cartel?

Were you going to take on the whole cartel?

— El botín (2026)

¿Cómo ibas a quedarte?

How were you going to stay?

— PK (2014)

Sabía cómo ibas a reaccionar.

I knew how you were going to react.

Dijiste que me ibas a decir algo.

You said you were going to tell me something.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Pensé que no ibas a poder venir.

I thought you wouldn't be able to come.

— Nuevo Orden (2020)

Creía que no ibas a venir.

I thought you weren't coming.

Era lo bastante joven para creer que ibas a volver.

I was young enough to believe you were coming back.

— Pecadores (2025)

¿A quién se lo ibas a vender?

Who were you going to sell it to?

Y tú te ibas a encargar.

And you were going to take care of it.

¿Tú no dijiste que ibas a matarme, idiota?

Didn't you say you were going to kill me, idiot?

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

Oh, ibas a dibujar.

Oh, you were going to draw.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

¿No ibas a estudiar?

Weren’t you going to study?

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

Dijiste que ibas a llamar.

You said you were going to call.

¿Qué ibas a decir?

What were you going to say?

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Ni siquiera me dijiste cuándo ibas a volver.

You didn't even tell me when you were coming back.

— हैदर (2014)

¿Por qué ibas a tener un problema?

Why would you have a problem?

— Vida solo hay una (2011)

Ibas a hacer los deberes.

You were going to do your homework.

— State and Main (2000)

Por favor, yo pensé que me ibas a poner a pensar.

Please, I thought you were going to make me think.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

¿No te ibas a dormir?

Weren’t you going to bed?

— The Chaser (2008)

Seguro que no imaginaba que te lo ibas a tomar así.

I'm sure he didn't imagine you would take it that way.

— 飲食男女 (1994)

¿Qué ibas a decirme?

What were you going to tell me?

— Ballena Asesina (2026)

¡Bien hecho! Sabía que lo ibas a lograr al final.

Well done! I knew you'd make it in the end.

Ya te dije que no lo ibas a convencer.

I already told you that you weren't going to convince him.

— Nazarín (1959)

¿Cómo lo ibas a saber tú?

How were you supposed to know?

— Hogar (2020)

Cuéntame lo que me ibas a contar ¿Sobre qué?

Tell me what you were going to tell me. What about?

— El espíritu de la colmena (1973)

¿Por qué ibas a asumir todo eso de Sarfaraz?

Why would you assume all that about Sarfaraz?

— PK (2014)

Ibas a decirme dónde estabas.

You were going to tell me where you were.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Pensé que me ibas a matar.

I thought you were going to kill me.

Pensé que dijiste que ibas a comprarme una bebida.

I thought you said you were going to buy me a drink.

¿De verdad ibas a dejarme aquí?

Were you really going to leave me here?

— El Guardián: Último Refugio (2026)

¿Cuándo me ibas a decir de los tres de después?

When were you going to tell me about the three after that?

— Estallido mortal (1981)

Ibas a llevarte mi cohete.

You were going to take my rocket.

— Un día de furia (1993)

¿Cómo ibas a saberlo?

How were you supposed to know?

— Zárójelentés (2020)

No puedo creer que ibas a hacer otra cosa.

I can't believe you were going to do something else.

— गल्ली बॉय (2019)

Bueno, ¿y por qué no ibas a quererlo?

Well, why wouldn't you want it?

— Espantoso (2026)

Pensé que te ibas a ir temprano.

I thought you were going to leave early.

— El Día del Fin del Mundo (2020)

¿Que ibas a llegar y te iban a invitar a comer y a dormir a la Casa Blanca?

What, you thought you’d show up and they’d invite you to stay for dinner and spend the night at the White House?

— Ya no estoy aquí (2019)

No que te ibas a ir de México.

Weren’t you going to leave Mexico?

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Pensé que no ibas a venir.

I thought you weren't coming.

Creí que no ibas a participar.

I thought you weren't going to participate.

— Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)

Creía que nunca ibas a despertar.

I thought you were never going to wake up.

¿No ibas a hacer el proyecto con Larissa?

Weren’t you going to do the project with Larissa?

— Hoy Quiero Volver Solito (2014)

Ibas a huir con ese idiota.

You were going to run away with that idiot.

— El engaño (2026)

¿No te ibas a quedar a trabajar con Larissa?

Weren’t you going to stay and work with Larissa?

— Hoy Quiero Volver Solito (2014)

Podías haberme dicho que ibas a venir.

You could have told me you were coming.

Piensa en la cantidad de veces que has dicho que te ibas a morir.

Think about the number of times you've said you were going to die.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

¿Qué ibas a hacer?

What were you going to do?

— El botín (2026)

Sabes exactamente lo que ibas a hacer.

You know exactly what you were going to do.

— Un día de furia (1993)

¿No ibas a comer?

Weren’t you going to eat?

Dijiste que ibas a decir algo.

You said you were going to say something.

— La única opción (2025)

¿Por qué ibas a querer eso?

Why would you want that?

Ibas a decirme lo que le pasó al tío Adam cuando fuera mayor.

You were going to tell me what happened to Uncle Adam when he grew up.

— Pecadores (2025)

¿No te ibas a cambiar?

Weren’t you going to change?

— Museo (2018)

Si tengo buena memoria, dijiste que te ibas a comer mi corazón.

If my memory serves me right, you said you were going to eat my heart.

— El niño y la garza (2023)

Tuve que convencer a mis jefes y al procurador general de que no ibas a huir.

I had to convince my bosses and the attorney general that you weren't going to run away.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Sabía que me ibas a decir eso.

I knew you were going to say that.

— F1 la película (2025)

Mamá, dijiste que lo ibas a dejar.

Mom, you said you were going to quit.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Dijiste que no ibas a trabajar en tu libro.

You said you weren't going to work on your book.

Creí que dijiste que lo ibas a intentar.

I thought you said you were going to try.

— Scream 7 (2026)

¡Tú qué ibas a saber!

How were you supposed to know!

— La historia sin fin (1984)

Ibas a conseguirme el autógrafo de Jetty Fillmore.

You were going to get me Jetty Fillmore's autograph.

— GOAT: La cabra que cambió el juego (2026)

Ibas a preguntárselo con calma.

You were going to ask him calmly.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Pensé que te ibas a poner tu traje nuevo.

I thought you were going to put on your new suit.

Pensaba que ya no ibas a llamar.

I thought you weren't going to call anymore.

— Audición (2000)

Lo sabia, sabia que ibas a madurar en esto.

I knew it, I knew you were going to grow into this.

¿No decías que ibas a salir con tu familia?

Didn't you say you were going out with your family?

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Creí que no ibas a venir.

I thought you weren't coming.

Uta, pensé que no ibas a venir.

Uta, I thought you weren't coming.

— Museo (2018)

Se suponía que tú sí ibas a entender.

You were supposed to understand.

Sabes perfectamente que no la ibas a encontrar.

You know perfectly well that you weren't going to find her.

— Pecadores (2025)

¿No ibas a irte ya?

Weren’t you going to leave already?

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Sospechaba que ibas a decir eso.

I suspected you were going to say that.

— Wicked (2024)

No ibas a hablar conmigo.

You weren't going to talk to me.

— Running on Empty (1988)

¿No dijiste que jamás ibas a hacer eso?

Didn't you say you'd never do that?

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

¿Alguna vez sentiste que ibas a morir?

Have you ever felt like you were going to die?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Lo ibas a hacer por los policías.

You were going to do it for the police officers.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Me preguntaba si ibas a venir hoy.

I was wondering if you were coming today.

Pensaba que ibas a quedarte a hacer tu vida aquí.

I thought you were going to stay and make your life here.

— Picnic (1955)

¿Creíste que ibas a conocer a tu padre?

Did you think you were going to meet your father?

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

¡Pero prometiste que ibas a estudiar!

But you promised you were going to study!

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

¿Por qué no dijiste que te ibas a quedar con François?

Why didn’t you say you were going to stay with François?

— Escondido (2005)

No sabía qué ibas a preguntarme hoy.

I didn't know what you were going to ask me today.

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

Se suponía que ibas a ayudar a Tom, ¿sabes?

You were supposed to help Tom, you know?

Qué susto, creía que ibas a gritar.

What a scare, I thought you were going to scream.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

¿No ibas a dejarlo?

Weren't you going to quit?

— No (2012)

Dijiste que ibas a ir a Chicago.

You said you were going to Chicago.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

¿Por qué ibas a saberlo?

Why would you know that?

— Museo (2018)

Ibas a dejarme?

Were you going to leave me?

— Río Místico (2003)

Creí que nunca ibas a hacerlo.

I thought you'd never do it.

— Кавказский пленник (1996)

¿No te ibas a dormir con Luisa?

Weren’t you going to bed with Luisa?

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Sabía que me ibas a encontrar.

I knew you would find me.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Me estaba preguntando si ibas a aparecer hoy.

I was wondering if you were going to show up today.

Yo sabía que tú no ibas a caer en eso.

I knew you wouldn’t fall for that.

¿Qué ibas a decir?

What were you going to say?

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

No pensaba que ibas a llegar.

I didn't think you were going to show up.

Prometiste que lo ibas a dejar.

You promised you were going to quit.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

No, hombre, cómo ibas a saber.

No, man, how would you know?

— Duro de matar (1988)

¿Ves que ibas a perder de todas maneras?

See? You were going to lose either way.

Ibas a decir uno de tantos.

You were going to mention one of many.

— Roma città aperta (1945)

Ibas a ser Don Ho.

You were going to be Don Ho.

— Song Sung Blue: Sueño inquebrantable (2025)