iban

iban, were going


Examples
  • El avión explotó y se hundió en el océano, matando a todas las personas que iban a bordo.

    The plane exploded and plunged into the ocean, killing all the people on board.

  • Los botes salvavidas del Titanic solo tenían espacio suficiente para llevar a cerca de la mitad de los que iban a bordo.

    The Titanic's lifeboats only had enough space to carry about half of those on board.

  • ¿Adónde iban ellos?

    Where were they going?

  • He oído que nos iban a subir el alquiler.

    I heard they're going to raise our rent.

  • Ellos iban a matar a Tom.

    They were going to kill Tom.

  • Pensé que las cosas iban a mejorar.

    I thought things would get better.

  • Sus tiempos iban a presenciar, en gran medida, el comienzo y el prevalecer del cumplimiento de estas palabras.

    His times were to see the beginning and the carrying forward, to some quite serious degree, of the fulfilment of these words.

  • Los turistas extranjeros iban sentados en el bus y miraban por la ventana.

    The foreign tourists sat on the bus and looked out the window.

  • Cuando ella volvió, dijo que hacías novillos y que te iban a expulsar.

    When she was back, she said you were playing truant and they wanted to throw you out of the school.

  • Pensé que iban a ofrecerme el empleo.

    I thought you were going to offer me the job.

  • Sus palabras iban llenas de melancolía.

    Her words were filled with melancholy.

  • Ellos anunciaron que iban a dar una fiesta.

    They announced that they were going to have a party.

  • Ellos iban al hospital.

    They went to the hospital.

  • Yo sabía que algo malo podía ocurrir si Tom y Mary iban a hacer caminatas juntos.

    I knew something bad would happen if Tom and Mary went hiking together.

  • Tom conoció a Mary cuando iban en enseñanza media.

    Tom first met Mary when they were in high school.

  • Ellos iban de la mano.

    They went hand in hand.

  • Tom y María iban sentados el uno frente al otro.

    Tom and Mary were seated across from each other.

  • Iban a ochenta kilómetros y nos adelantaron.

    They were doing eighty kilometers and they passed us.

  • Pensé que Tom y María se iban a casar.

    I thought Tom and Mary would get married.

  • Todos los que iban en el coche dijeron que querían salir y estirar las piernas.

    Everybody in the car said they wanted to get out and stretch their legs.


Want to learn Spanish?

Fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Spanish. Sign up and play for free!

  • Practice Spanish vocabulary in context.
  • Rapidly improve your Spanish listening skills with listening mode and Cloze-Listening.
  • Pick from dozen of collections at your level - 100 Most Common Words, the Fluency Fast Track, and more.
  • Score points for correct answers and compete with other players on the leaderboards.
  • Spaced-repetition helps you remember what you learn faster and more efficiently.
  • Keep practicing anytime, anyplace with the Clozemaster mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Get in the game!

Sign up Sign in

Get Clozemaster Pro!

Full access to everything on Clozemaster, no ads, and all the extras you need to take your Spanish skills to the next level.

Get fluent faster.

Get Pro today!