estaban tapando
-they/you were covering
Imperfect progressive ellos/ellas/ustedes conjugation of tapar.

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Unos globos estaban tapando mi cartel.
Somebody's balloons were blocking my billboard.
Esto les causo que corrieran al otro lado del barco ¡se estaban tapando la boca y vomitando también!
That caused them to run to the other side of the boat and they were covering their mouth and vomiting also!
Esto les causo que corrieran al otro lado del barco ¡se estaban tapando la boca y vomitando también!
That caused them to run to the other side of the boat and they were covering their mouths and vomiting also!
El problema reside en que ellos, al esforzarse para que la gente se circunscriba a las normas de la lengua, no advirtieron que les estaban tapando la boca a los ciudadanos brasileños.
The problem is that when grammarians tried to get people to obey linguistic norms, they didn't see that they were telling Brazilians to shut up.
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