were referring

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

refer

It seems we were referring to different people just now	Parece que hablamos de personas diferentes ahora.
He says with some conviction that we should go left–perhaps thinking we were referring to political parties.	Él nos responde con convicción que debemos seguir para la izquierda – quizás pensando que nos referíamos a partidos políticos.
By these more arduous questions we were referring to our new edition of the thematic magazine, the A*DESK MAGAZINE, that we've prepared.	Con esas cuestiones más arduas nos referíamos al nuevo número de nuestra revista temática, el MAGAZINE de A*DESK, que hemos preparado.
Thus, our conception of defending human rights was not universal, but rather depended upon the regime to which we were referring.	De este modo, la defensa de los derechos humanos no era una cuestión indiscutible sino que dependía del régimen del que estuviéramos hablando.
By these more arduous questions we were referring to our new edition of the thematic magazine, the A*DESK MAGAZINE, that we've prepared. It is dedicated to Catalonia.	Con esas cuestiones más arduas nos referíamos al nuevo número de nuestra revista temática, el MAGAZINE de A*DESK, que hemos preparado.
By this we were referring to a metaphor meaning that in the last hour before an irrevocable shift occurs it is possible to change an outcome.	Con esto queríamos aludir a una metáfora que significaba que, en la última hora antes de que ocurra un cambio irreparable es posible cambiar el resultado.
The last time we mentioned a reload bonus at Titan Poker we were referring to a 300% up to $600 offer available for a limited time only.	La última vez que mencionamos un bono de recarga en Titan Poker, estábamos hablando de nuestra oferta del 300% hasta 600$ disponible por tiempo limitado únicamente.
But we stated on December 13 that the 6 we were referring to includes other Earth changes, not yet apparent.	Pero el 13 de Diciembre dijimos que el nivel 6 a que te refieres incluye a otros cambios que ha de sufrir la Tierra, que todavía no son aparentes.