Usage examples of "hablaba" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tom no hablaba con Mary. Tom wouldn't speak to Mary.
¿Quizás ella no hablaba de ti? Maybe she wasn't talking about you.
Ella lo interrumpió mientras hablaba. She interrupted him while he was speaking.
¿Quién es el hombre que hablaba contigo? Who is the man who was talking with you?
Ella me preguntó cuántas lenguas hablaba. She asked me how many languages I spoke.
¿Quién te dijo que hablaba de vos? Who told you I was talking about you?
No sabía que él hablaba inglés. I didn't know that he could speak English.
Ese niño hablaba con una sonrisa inocente. That child was talking with an innocent smile.
¿Acaso oíste lo rápido que él hablaba? Do you hear how fast he speaks?
El niño hablaba con sus ojos encendidos. The child talked with his eyes shining.
Mientras yo hablaba, él no decía nada. While I was speaking, he said nothing.
¿Quién es el hombre que hablaba con vos? Who is the man who was talking with you?
Le hablaba a cualquiera con quien se encontraba. He spoke to whomever he met.
Ella estaba celosa cuando él hablaba con otra chica. She was jealous when he talked to another girl.
Mientras él hablaba, imágenes vinieron a mi mente. As he spoke, pictures came into my mind.
Mi abuelo me hablaba con un pipa en la boca. Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
Ella lo interrumpió mientras hablaba con mi padre. She interrupted him while he was speaking to my father.
El hombre con el que hablaba es mi profesor de inglés. The man I was talking to is my English teacher.
Él no hablaba a menos que le hablaran. He did not speak unless spoken to.
La gente en la villa todavía hablaba de la forma horrible en que Tom había muerto. People in the village still talked about the horrible way Tom had died.
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