estuvo

/esˈtubo/, [esˈt̪u.β̞o]

he was, was

Examples

¿Qué mujer estuvo hablando contigo?

Which woman was talking to you?

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Tom no estuvo de acuerdo con Mary en ese punto.

Tom disagreed with Mary on that point.

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Estados Unidos estuvo en guerra en 1864.

America was at war in 1864.

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Él estuvo enfermo durante una semana.

He has been sick for a week.

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Tom está casado con Mary ahora, pero una vez estuvo casado con Alice.

Tom is married to Mary now, but at one time he was married to Alice.

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Tom estuvo pensando en lo que Mary le había contado.

Tom thought about what Mary had told him.

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El libro que leí ayer estuvo muy interesante.

The book that I read yesterday was very interesting.

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El perro estuvo ladrando toda la noche.

The dog kept barking all through the night.

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Estuvo cerca de ser atropellado por un coche.

He was nearly run over by a car.

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Él estuvo aburrido todo el día.

He was bored the whole day.

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Tom estuvo dos meses en la cárcel por conducir borracho.

Tom served two months in jail for drunken driving.

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Mi padre estuvo durmiendo durante la película.

My father slept through the movie.

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Tom estuvo en las noticias anoche.

Tom was on the news last night.

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Él estuvo ausente nada más ese día.

He was absent on the particular day.

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Ella estuvo de acuerdo con él en que yo tenía que ir a la reunión.

She agreed with him that I should go to the meeting.

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Él estuvo mudo como una piedra.

He remained silent like a stone.

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El sospechoso estuvo sometido al tercer grado hasta que confesó su crimen.

The suspect was given the third degree until he confessed his crime.

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Tom estuvo actuando raro últimamente.

Tom has been acting strange lately.

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Sé que estuvo mal, pero lo hice de todas formas.

I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway.

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Su embarazo estuvo lleno de complicaciones.

Her pregnancy was fraught with complications.

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