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yo miraba

was looking at, was watching

→ mirar
mir to look at, to watch + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #11,069
was looking at, was watching The imperfect form describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past.
SP: Miraba el cielo desde la ventana.
EN: I was looking at the sky from the window.
Conjugation of mirar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First miraba —
Second mirabas —
Third miraba miraban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First miraba —
Second mirabas —
Third miraba miraban

Un señor que los miraba lo preguntó a ambos.

A man who was watching them asked them both.

Ella lo miraba como nadaba.

She watched him as he swam.

Un policía miraba con los brazos cruzados.

A policeman watched with his arms crossed.

Ella miraba la película con los ojos rojos de lágrimas.

She watched the movie with red, tear-filled eyes.

Cuando se miraba en el espejo, Sara no se reconocía.

When Sara looked at herself in the mirror, she didn’t recognize herself.

La gente nos miraba.

People were watching us.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Tom miraba el cielo perdido en sus pensamientos mientras se fumaba un cigarro.

Tom gazed at the sky, lost in thought, while smoking a cigarette.

Él miraba a su alrededor como si esperara a alguien.

He looked around as if he were waiting for someone.

Tom sencillamente se paró ahí y veía como María se miraba fijamente al espejo.

Tom simply stood there and watched María stare at herself in the mirror.

Antaño la gente miraba el fuego como hoy la televisión.

In the past, people looked at fire the way they look at television today.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Día tras día, él la miraba.

Day after day, he looked at her.

Tom miraba con atención.

Tom watched intently.

Sabes por qué Piripero te miraba?

Do you know why Piripero was looking at you?

— Por un puñado de dólares (1964)

¿Dije que miraba la televisión?

Did I say I was watching TV?

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Ella lo miraba pintar una pintura.

She watched him paint a picture.

Ella miraba por la ventana.

She was looking out the window.

Tom se miraba bien.

Tom looked good.

Parecía estar escasa de tiempo y miraba con frecuencia al reloj de la pared.

She seemed to be short of time and frequently looked at the clock on the wall.

Tom miraba la oscuridad impenetrable del cielo nocturno.

Tom stared into the impenetrable darkness of the night sky.

Él miraba el cielo.

He was looking at the sky.

Ella miraba a los pasajeros bajarse del bus.

She watched the passengers get off the bus.

Mientras miraba esa escena, se acordó de lo que ella había dicho.

As he watched that scene, he remembered what she had said.

Contuvo el aliento mientras miraba el partido.

He held his breath as he watched the game.

Tom miraba con susto.

Tom looked frightened.

Stefan miraba frenéticamente a su alrededor.

Stefan looked frantically around him.

Durante la noche, ella miraba la luna.

During the night, she gazed at the moon.

Ella lo miraba.

She was looking at him.

¿No viste cómo te miraba?

Didn't you see the way he was looking at you?

— Tesis (1996)

El otro lo miraba.

The other one was watching him.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Ella miraba hacia la iglesia cada vez que las campanas tocaban.

She would look towards the church every time the bells rang.

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)

Se miraba con anteojos.

He looked at himself wearing glasses.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Sólo miraba.

I just watched.

— Realmente amor (2003)

Me di cuenta de que nos miraba un animalito gris.

I realized that a small gray animal was watching us.

Yo nomás te miraba y no te conocía.

I was just looking at you, and I didn’t know you.

— Nazarín (1959)

Tom miraba desde la ventana frontal.

Tom was looking out the front window.

De vez en cuando miraba hacia afuera para ver si seguía nevando.

From time to time he looked outside to see if it was still snowing.

Yo creo que él te miraba a ti.

I think he was looking at you.