were collecting

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

collect

And all during the day they were collecting people.	Y durante todo el día se llevaron gente.
I think they were collecting the post.	Creo que recogían el correo.
We were collecting evidence.	Nosotros recogíamos testimonios.
Aboriginal people were collecting and trading pearl shell here for hundreds of years before Europeans arrived.	Los aborígenes recolectaron y comerciaron aquí con nácar durante cientos de años antes de que llegaran los europeos.
We do not understand their behavior, it appeared to us they were collecting living things and assimilating them into their ranks.	No comprendemos su comportamiento, y parece que coleccionan otros seres vivos para asimilarlos y engrosar sus filas.
She joined because, up until that point, it was only men who were collecting the bodies–including those of women–and that was not sitting well with communities.	Se unió a los citados equipos porque hasta entonces eran solo hombres que recogían los cadáveres, incluso de mujeres, lo que no era bien visto en las comunidades.
According to some records, the restaurant patrons had initiated its construction and were collecting the finances, so that the downtown would have a place of prayer.	Según algunas versiones, los cafeteros de Kursumlija iniciaron su construcción y reunieron el dinero necesario para ello, a fin de que también en el centro de la ciudad haya un oratorio.
The problem was that many of these finds were not uniquely different from each other; in fact, Cope and Marsh knew that some of the fossils they were collecting had already been found by the others.	El problema es que muchos de estos hallazgos no eran diferentes de los demás; de hecho, Cope y Marsh sabían que algunos de los fósiles que recogían ya habían sido descubiertos por los otros.
He was a good man, he loved his wife, the other Thais told the reporter, who immediately noted a cardboard box in which they were collecting a little money for his widow.	Era un hombre bueno y quería mucho a su esposa, han dicho los otros tailandeses al cronista, quien ha notado en seguida una caja de cartón en la cual ellos reunieron un poco de dinero para la viuda.
Though many private persons never thought of buying a light panel in the whole time they were collecting slides, this becomes a matter of interest as soon as one is beginning to scan in large amounts of slides.	Mientras muchas personas privadas que coleccionan sus diapositivas durante toda una vida nunca han considerado la compra de un panel de luz, de repente, este tema sale a la superficie cuando se trata del escaneo de una gran cantidad de diapositivas.
Butterflies were collecting nectar from the buddleia flowers.	Las mariposas recogían néctar de las fores de la buddleia.
The captains were collecting their awards at the Maritime Museum.	Los capitanes fueron recogiendo sus galardones en el Museu Marítim.
It wasn't a debt you were collecting, was it?	No era una deuda que estabas cobrando, ¿verdad?
We were collecting military targets in the Middle East relevant to our language.	Estuvimos recopilando objetivos militares en Oriente Medio significativos para nuestro idioma.
They were collecting payment for their work.	Estaban percibir el pago por su trabajo.
They were collecting things from trees.	Estaban recogiendo cosas de los árboles.
It wasn't a debt you were collecting, was it?	No estabas recaudando una deuda, ¿verdad?
We were collecting old songs, rites, crafts and listerning to people's stories.	Recogimos canciones antiguas, ritos y artesanía y escuchamos las historias de la gente.
You said they were collecting' somewhere.	Me dijiste que andaban cobrando en algún lugar.
While we were collecting their ashes, our fifth brother came walking back home on crutches.	Mientras estábamos recogiendo sus cenizas, nuestro quinto hermano regresó a casa andando con muletas.