were suffering

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

suffer

When the FAGC was less known we were suffering repression with very little coverage.	Cuando la FAGC era menos conocida sufríamos la represión con muy poca cobertura.
As a Nicaraguan, I have personally had to petition to the Commission of Human Rights in moments in which we were suffering the abuses of a dictatorship, so I can personally certify the importance of being able to count on these institutions.	Como nicaragüense personalmente he tenido que recurrir a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en momentos en que sufríamos los abusos de una dictadura, por lo que puedo certificar la importancia de contar con estas instituciones.
You never knew if we were happy, if we were suffering.	Nunca sabías si éramos felices, si sufríamos, nada.
During the whole special stage we were suffering from a lack of power, then we had a puncture 240 km into the stage.	Luego, durante toda la etapa notábamos una falta de potencia, y en el kilómetro 240 hemos tenido un pinchazo.
I told her that we would have her at home and serve her the following year because of the financial difficulties we were suffering from at the time.	Le dije que íbamos a tenerla en casa y servirla en los siguientes años debido a las dificultades financieras que sufríamos en ese momento.