miraba

look at, looked


Verb miraba

  1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of mirar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of mirar.

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Examples
  • De vez en cuando miraba hacia afuera para ver si seguía nevando.

    From time to time, he looked outside to see if it was still snowing.

  • María miraba al cielo estrellado, con la luna en cuarto creciente que la iluminaba aquella noche otoñal.

    María looked at the starry sky, with a quarter moon that illuminated that autumn night.

  • Parecía estar escasa de tiempo y miraba con frecuencia al reloj de la pared.

    She seemed pressed for time and often glanced at the clock on the wall.

  • Ella lo miraba como nadaba.

    She watched him swim.

  • Su perro lo miraba cada mañana mientras tomaba desayuno.

    His dog stared at him every morning while he had his breakfast.

  • En los largos días de verano ella se sentaba al sol y miraba los árboles cubrirse de hojas y las margaritas blancas cubrir la colina.

    In the long summer days she sat in the sun and watched the trees cover themselves with leaves, and the white daisies cover the hill.

  • Ella lo miraba.

    She looked at him.

  • Me di cuenta de que nos miraba un animalito gris.

    I noticed that a small gray animal was looking toward us.

  • Una vez que volví a abrir mis ojos, Amina me miraba fijamente desde el fondo de su vaso de cerveza.

    Once I opened my eyes again, Amina was staring at me through the bottom of her beer glass.

  • Cada cierto tiempo se paraba y miraba a su alrededor.

    From time to time she stopped and looked round.

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