estaban disputando
-they/you were disputing
Imperfect progressiveellos/ellas/ustedesconjugation ofdisputar.

disputar

El contexto parece enseñar que estos hermanos débiles estaban disputando entre ellos sobre ciertos asuntos.
The context seems to teach that these weaker brothers were squabbling among themselves over certain issues.
No llegó a buen fin porque algunos Estados, en aquel momento España y el Reino Unido, estaban disputando sobre Gibraltar.
Nothing came of it because some States, Spain and the United Kingdom at the time, were in dispute over Gibraltar.
Noté que entre ellos estaban reñidos, pues se estaban disputando en el plano físico, quien iría a dirigir la Sesión que estaba a punto de comenzar.
I noticed a quarrel among those groups, because they were arguing, in the physical plane, who should command the Session that would begin.
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