iba

/ˈiba/, [ˈi.β̞a]

i was going, iba, was

Examples

Eso es justo lo que iba a decir.

That's just what I was going to say.

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El coche iba hacia adelante.

The car was going forward.

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El viajero iba silbando por el bosque.

The traveller went whistling through the forest.

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Ella le dijo de una vez por todas que no iba a ir al cine con él.

She told him once and for all that she would not go to the movie with him.

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Iba a usar eso.

I was going to use that.

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Todo iba a terminar y a comenzar otra vez.

Everything was going to end and begin again.

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El tren iba a 500 millas por hora.

The train was going 500 miles per hour.

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Yo pensé que me iba a sofocar en el tren lleno de gente.

I thought I was going to suffocate on the crowded train.

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Mientras se iba, su silueta desaparecía gradualmente bajo la nieve.

As he walked away, his figure gradually became dim under the snow.

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A menudo él iba a pescar los domingos.

On Sunday he often went fishing.

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Un helicóptero iba en círculos por sobre nosotros.

A helicopter circled over us.

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La gente se iba moviendo más y más rápido.

People were moving faster and faster.

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Él iba caminando por delante mío.

He walked ahead of me.

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Cuando era joven, me iba caminando al colegio.

I walked to school when I was young.

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Me dijiste que no iba a llover hoy, así que no traje un paraguas.

You told me it wouldn't rain today, so I didn't bring an umbrella.

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Fred seguía a mi madre a dondequiera que iba.

Fred followed my mother wherever she went.

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Adondequiera que iba, él se perdía.

He gets lost wherever he goes.

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El policía agarró al hombre que iba corriendo.

The policeman captured the running man.

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Tom se topó con Mary cuando iba a la escuela.

Tom bumped into Mary on his way to school.

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Yo iba a hacer eso.

I was going to do that.

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