was contracting

Past progressiveconjugation ofcontract.There are other translations for this conjugation.

contract

This bank was contracting short-term loans on the interbank market and making long-term loans on the real estate market.	Este banco contraía préstamos a corto plazo en el mercado interbancario y prestaba a largo plazo en el mercado inmobiliario.
On one branch, contractile cells, whose primary activity was contracting, have evolved into muscle cells.	En una rama, las células contráctiles, cuya actividad primaria era contraerse, evolucionaron hasta convertirse en células musculares.
Yet, the labour market was contracting, and women accounted for 64.2 per cent of all unemployed persons.	Con todo, el mercado laboral se está contrayendo y las mujeres constituyen el 64,2% de los desempleados.
He felt as if his brain was contracting itself in the search for stocks in order to keep working.	En su opinión, éste último se contraía en busca de reservas para seguir funcionando.
Stays at a single firm should be shorter, given that the labour demand of the sector was contracting.	La permanencia en la misma empresa debería ser menor, porque la demanda laboral del sector se estuvo contrayendo.
We had plenty of signs regarding the impending loss, and the brain tried not to accept it, but the heart was contracting in anguish.	Teníamos muchas señales respecto a la perdida que se avecinaba y el cerebro no lo quería aceptar, pero el corazón estaba encogido de angustia.