estábamos protegiendo
-we were protecting
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No quedamos allí, porqué os estábamos protegiendo a ti y a los otros.
We stayed there, because we were protecting you and the others.
Podemos hablar de los detalles todo lo que quieras, pero recordemos que te estábamos protegiendo más que a ninguno.
We can debate the details all you want, but let's remember, we were protecting you as much as anyone.
Te estábamos protegiendo. ¿De veras?
We were protecting you.
No transigimos, porque el implicar a Cuba ─la nación a la que estábamos protegiendo─ en acusaciones falsas para engrosar un expediente del gobierno norteamericano contra la isla hubiera sido un imperdonable acto de traición al pueblo que amamos.
We did not surrender, because by implicating Cuba–the nation we were protecting–in false accusations in order to swell a U.S. government file against the island would have been an unpardonable act of betrayal of the people we love.
Estábamos protegiendo a la niña.
We were protecting the child.
Ocupamos las instalaciones, pero no era una toma porque ellos se habían ido primero. Estábamos protegiendo los intereses de quienes laborábamos ahí.
But it wasn't a lockdown because they had left first; we were protecting the interests of those of us who worked there.
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