no dejaba de

kept on

→ no
phrase Common #9,135
kept on Used with an infinitive to say that someone or something kept doing something or didn’t stop doing it. The imperfect tense places this in the past.
SP: No dejaba de reír durante la película.
EN: She kept laughing during the movie.

Y te mueres de hambre, yo no dejaba de comer.

And you're starving, I never stopped eating.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

El conde no dejaba de darme vino.

The count kept giving me wine.

— La doncella (2016)

Mi corazón no dejaba de latir.

My heart wouldn't stop beating.

— Titanic (1997)

No dejaba de llorar.

I couldn't stop crying.

No dejaba de mirar a Ugolin.

He kept staring at Ugolin.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Ella no dejaba de hablar de Vera y yo.

She wouldn't stop talking about Vera and me.

— El Infierno (2010)

Incluso en la cama, no dejaba de pensar en él.

Even in bed, she couldn't stop thinking about him.

— Parásitos (2019)

Mientras hablaba, no dejaba de preparar sándwiches.

While he was talking, he kept making sandwiches.

No dejaba de pensar en el hombre que había visto en la ventana.

She couldn't stop thinking about the man she had seen at the window.