estaban Learn Unstarted Summary The Spanish translation for “were” is estaban. Examples of "were" in use There are 12 examples of the Spanish word for "were" being used: Recording English Spanish Learn A front door and a window were damaged. Una puerta principal y una ventana estaban dañadas. Learn Tom said that all his friends were drunk. Tom dijo que todos sus amigos estaban borrachos. Learn Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Practice Lesson "were" Practice (13) Lesson Learn Lesson words were etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases A front door and a window were damaged., All three of them were acting rather giggly., everyone was tense, The chocolates were hollow inside., the clouds were full of hail and snow, The columns were made of marble., They were at each other’s throats., They were playing baseball in the park., They were sleeping., Tom said that all his friends were drunk., were burning, Yanni and Skura were happy together. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 22 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 6 Acknowledgements Spanish source https://lingopolo.org/spanish/word/they-were-sleeping Audio Google text-to-speech