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No. 11,355 in Spanish

estabais

"Estabais" is the second-person plural imperfect tense of "estar," meaning "you (all) were" or "you (all) used to be."

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  • Estabais en el parque cuando comenzó a llover.

    You were at the park when it started raining.

    The word 'estabais' is the second-person plural imperfect form of the verb 'estar', used to indicate a continuing past action in Spanish.

  • No sabía que estabais planeando una fiesta sorpresa.

    I didn't know you were planning a surprise party.

    The word 'estabais' indicates that the action was ongoing in the past and is used for addressing multiple people informally.

  • ¿Por qué estabais discutiendo tanto anoche?

    Why were you arguing so much last night?

    Here, 'estabais' refers to the ongoing past action of arguing, addressing a group of people informally in second person plural.

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