estuve comparando
-I was comparing
Preterite progressiveyoconjugation ofcomparar.

comparar

El miércoles estuve comparando precios de las bombonas Checas a diferentes gasolineras, pero en una mostré casualmente una bombona de campingaz.
On Wednesday I was comparing prices of different gas stations, but in one I found a carboy of campingaz by mistake.
Como pasatiempo, antes de dormirme estuve comparando, sintagma por sintagma, el original y la traducción de un episodio que siempre me había seducido: me refiero al capítulo II de la sexta parte, en que el juez Porfirii enreda y acusa a Raskólnikov.
As a pastime before going to sleep, I compared the original vs. the translation, phrase by phrase, of an episode which had always seduced me. I refer to the sixth section of chapter II, wherein Judge Porfirii gets confused and accuses Raskolnikow.
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