had been competing
-había estado compitiendo
Past perfect progressiveconjugation ofcompete.There are other translations for this conjugation.

compete

During his chess career he had been competing alongside the world best: Salomon Löwenthal, Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, Oldřich Duras, and Alexander Alekhine.
Durante su carrera de ajedrez que había estado compitiendo junto a los mejores del mundo: Salomon Löwenthal, Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, Oldřich Duras, y Alexander Alekhine.
Porsche, which until that moment had been competing with it´s 904, 907 and 908 models, decides to design and build a new prototype that would make the most of the new regulations.
Porsche, que hasta ese momento venía compitiendo con sus modelos 904, 910, 907 y 908 decidió diseñar y construir un nuevo prototipo que aprovecharía integralmente la nueva reglamentación.
Basically in that framework, countries that had been competing traditionally then had to begin competing, with certain advantages, with countries like ours (that were not used to competing); the advantages that perhaps Nelson mentioned previously.
Básicamente en ese contexto, entonces los países que venían compitiendo tradicionalmente, pues tienen que entrar a competir con países como los nuestros (que no estaban acostumbrados a competir), con ciertas ventajas; las ventajas que tal vez Nelson mencionaba anteriormente.
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