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ellos pensaban

thought, were thinking

→ pensar
pens to think + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #44,976
thought, were thinking Used for “they” or “you all” (formal in most of Latin America).
SP: Pensaban que iba a llover.
EN: They thought it was going to rain.
Conjugation of pensar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba pensaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba pensaban
pensara

No pensaban gastar dinero aquí.

They weren’t planning to spend money here.

Lo mismo que todos los que pensaban como yo.

The same as everyone who thought like me.

— El conformista (1971)

¿Y no sabía que los chiitas pensaban secuestrar ese vuelo?

And I didn’t know the Shiites were planning to hijack that flight?

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Nuestros ancestros no pensaban en nuestro destino.

Our ancestors did not think about our destiny.

Todo es diferente de como pensaban.

Everything is different from what they thought.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

¿Cómo pensaban hacerlo en su guion?

How did they plan to do it in their script?

— Anaconda (2025)