tú pensabas

thought, were thinking

→ pensar
pens to think + abas singular you, imperfect past
verb · 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #15,408
thought, were thinking The form used with tú (informal “you”).
SP: ¿Qué pensabas cuando dije eso?
EN: What were you thinking when I said that?
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

O tal vez pensabas que era tu madre.

Or maybe you thought it was your mother.

— Zootopia 2 (2025)

¿Qué pensabas hacer con esto?

What were you planning to do with this?

— El Perfecto Asesino (1994)

¿Por qué pensabas que tenías que hacer eso?

Why did you think you had to do that?

Pensabas en otra cosa.

You were thinking about something else.

— Parásitos (2019)

Le dije que tú pensabas ir a la universidad.

I told him you were thinking of going to college.

¿Qué pensabas?

What were you thinking?

— Ha vuelto (2015)

No sabía que pensabas venir a Boston unos días.

I didn't know you were planning to come to Boston for a few days.

Pensabas que iba a esperarte?

Did you think I was going to wait for you?

— Chungking Express (1994)

¿En qué pensabas?

What were you thinking about?

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

¿Y cuándo pensabas decírmelo?

And when were you planning to tell me?

— Fue la mano de Dios (2021)

¿Por qué me hiciste venir hasta aquí si pensabas venir tú?

Why did you make me come all the way here if you were planning to come yourself?

— El increíble castillo vagabundo (2004)

¿Y qué esperabas, si sabía que sólo pensabas en Rebecca?

And what did you expect, when I knew all you could think about was Rebecca?

— Rebeca (1940)

Creo que pensabas igual.

I think you thought the same.

— Una Voz Silenciosa (2016)

Supongo que fue mucho peor de lo que pensabas.

I suppose it was much worse than you thought.

Lo siento, no sabía que pensabas así.

I'm sorry, I didn't know you thought that way.

— Madre (2009)

¿Cuándo pensabas decírmelo?

When were you planning to tell me?

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Tú pensabas que yo lo amaba.

You thought I loved him.

No somos tan tontos como pensabas, ¿o no?

We're not as stupid as you thought, are we?

¿Qué pensabas encontrar?

What did you expect to find?

— Terror en Silent Hill: Regreso al infierno (2026)

Pensabas que vivía aquí?

Did you think I lived here?

— Hackers: Ningún sistema es seguro (2014)

Claro, ¿de qué otros pensabas?

Sure, which others were you thinking of?

— Las Travesuras de una Sirena (2016)

¿Y dónde pensabas llevarla, en los bolsillos?

And where did you think you were going to put it, in your pockets?

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

¡¿En qué pensabas, idiota?!

What were you thinking, idiot?!

— Las Travesuras de una Sirena (2016)

Pensabas en eso, ¿no?

You were thinking about that, weren't you?

— La decisión de partir (2022)

Pensé que pensabas que yo era diferente.

I thought you thought I was different.

— Ratatouille (2007)

¿No pensabas abrirme?

Weren't you going to let me in?

— Dolor y gloria (2019)