were competing

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

compete

I don't know why we were competing.	No sé por qué estábamos compitiendo.
First of all, if we were competing for anything, I would win.	Primero de todo, si estuviéramos compitiendo... por lo que fuera, yo ganaría.
That's not what we were competing over.	Era una de las cosas en las que competíamos.
We knew we were competing with professional photographers, and almost none of my friends hoped to win.	Sabíamos que competíamos con fotógrafos profesionales, y casi ninguna de mis compañeras confiaba en ganar.
We threw ourselves down on the grass to exchange apologies as if we were competing at it, now, in a good-manners competition.	Nos echamos en el pasto a intercambiar disculpas como si compitiéramos, ahora, en un concurso de buenas maneras.
Even though we were competing with a wonderful beach day and several festivities in the area, seven people participated in the volunteering day.	Aunque teníamos la competencia de un magnífico día de playa y de varios actos festivos en la comarca, siete personas participaron en la jornada de voluntariado.
Keep in mind we were competing with some of the companies like Sega and Nintendo and Konami and Capcom I think we may have been the only company to win two of the seven top awards.	Tengan en mente que competíamos con empresas como Sega, Nintendo, Konami y Capcom Creo que fuimos la única empresa en ganar dos de los siete premios principales.
Although we were competing intensely with Mexico for two years, 2,700 clinical trials per year are now carried out in Brazil, nearly double those conducted in Mexico. We are also growing very quickly in this area.	Aunque estuvimos compitiendo intensamente con México durante dos años, en Brasil ya se están llevando a cabo 2.700 ensayos clínicos al año, casi el doble que en México, así que estamos creciendo muy rápidamente en esta área.
Keep in mind we were competing with some of the companies like Sega and Nintendo and Konami and Capcom I think we may have been the only company to win two of the seven top awards.	Y hay que tener en cuenta que competíamos con empresas como Sega, Nintendo, Konami y Capcom. Creo que puede que hayamos sido la única empresa que ha ganado dos de los siete premios más importantes.
In the two years we were competing independently, Hawkins coached me to two state championship tournaments and we concluded my high school speech career as a runner up for the state of California, falling short of the championship by only one point.	En los dos años que estuvimos compitiendo de forma independiente, Hawkins me entrenó para dos torneos de campeonato estatales y terminamos mi carrera de oratoria de la escuela secundaria como una competidora para el estado de California, quedando a solo un punto del campeonato.