estaban Learn Unstarted Summary The Spanish translation for “were” is estaban. Examples of "were" in use There are 6 examples of the Spanish word for "were" being used: Recording English Spanish Learn Yanni and Skura were happy together. Yanni y Skura estaban felices juntos. Learn everyone was tense todos estaban tensos Learn They were sleeping. Estaban durmiendo. Learn They were playing baseball in the park. Ellas estaban jugando beisbol en el parque. Learn A front door and a window were damaged. Una puerta principal y una ventana estaban daƱadas. Learn were burning estaban ardiendo Learn Practice Lesson "were" Practice (2) Lesson Learn Lesson words were etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases They were sleeping. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 20 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 7 Acknowledgements Spanish source https://lingopolo.org/spanish/word/they-were-sleeping Audio Google text-to-speech