had been cleaning

-había estado limpiando

Past perfect progressive conjugation of clean. There are other translations for this conjugation.

clean

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Present:	cleaning
Past:	cleaned

Indicative of "clean"

	Present	Past	Future
I	clean	cleaned	will clean
you	clean	cleaned	will clean
he/she	cleans	cleaned	will clean
we	clean	cleaned	will clean
you	clean	cleaned	will clean
they	clean	cleaned	will clean

Perfect of "clean"

	Present	Past	Future
I	have cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned
you	have cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned
he/she	has cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned
we	have cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned
you	have cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned
they	have cleaned	had cleaned	will have cleaned

Imperative of "clean"

	Affirmative	Negative
I	-	-
you	clean	don't clean
he/she	-	-
we	let's clean	let's not clean
you	clean	don't clean
they	-	-

Progressive of "clean"

	Present	Past	Future
I	am cleaning	was cleaning	will be cleaning
you	are cleaning	were cleaning	will be cleaning
he/she	is cleaning	was cleaning	will be cleaning
we	are cleaning	were cleaning	will be cleaning
you	are cleaning	were cleaning	will be cleaning
they	are cleaning	were cleaning	will be cleaning

Perfect Progressive of "clean"

	Present	Past	Future
I	have been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning
you	have been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning
he/she	has been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning
we	have been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning
you	have been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning
they	have been cleaning	had been cleaning	will have been cleaning

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