had been failing
-había estado fallando
Past perfect progressiveconjugation offail.There are other translations for this conjugation.

fail

The city had been failing for years to recruit and train enough officers to fully staff the department.
La ciudad había estado fallando durante años al reclutar y entrenar suficientes oficiales para proveer el departamento con personal.
She had been failing in all her attempts to make a living, from raising farm animals to growing vegetables.
Ella había fallado en todos los intentos de hacer algo para obtener su sustento, desde crear animales y cosechar vegetales.
The doctor told me my left eyesight had been failing and it was even infected with a virus, so it was damaging my cornea.
El médico me dijo que mi ojo izquierdo había estado fallando y que estaba infectado con un virus, así que estaba dañando mi córnea.
For three years before that his eyesight had been failing and William Esson, who had been a mathematics tutor at Merton College, had acted as his deputy.
Durante tres años antes de que su visión no había sido y William Esson, que había sido un profesor de matemáticas en el Merton College, había actuado como su suplente.
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