Estabas (en. You were)

/es'taβas/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates state or situation in the past.

When I arrived, you were already home.

Cuando llegué, ya estabas en casa.

Used to refer to someone's location at a time in the past.

You were at the beach last summer.

Estabas en la playa el verano pasado.

Expresses an action that occurred repeatedly in the past.

You were always smiling during the meetings.

Siempre estabas sonriendo durante las reuniones.

Used in hypothetical situations about the past.

If you had arrived, you were on time for the concert.

Si hubieras llegado, estabas a tiempo para el concierto.

From the verb 'estar', which comes from Latin 'stare', meaning 'to stand' or 'to remain'.

Where were you?

A question about someone's whereabouts in the past.

¿Dónde estabas?

You were lucky

It means that someone had good fortune at some time in the past.

Estabas de suerte

If you were here

It expresses a wish about someone’s presence at an earlier moment.

Si estuvieras aquí

to be

A verb that indicates state, location, or situation.

estar

I was

First person singular of the simple past of 'to be'.

estuve

I will be

First person singular of the future of 'to be'.

estaré

You were in the groove

When you said that, you seemed like you were in the groove.

Cuando dijiste eso, parecías que estabas en la onda.

You were lost

When you arrived, you were lost in your thoughts.

Cuando llegaste, estabas perdido en tus pensamientos.