were scratching

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

scratch

We were scratching our bodies as they painfully stung us.	Estuvimos arañando nuestros cuerpos mientras ellos nos clavaban dolorosamente.
Meanwhile, people here were scratching their heads.	Entretanto, los puertorriqueños, perplejos, se rascaban la cabeza.
The streets were still clogged with SUV's, brownouts were frequent, and the members of the Consortium were scratching their heads.	Las calles seguían abarrotadas de SUV, los apagones eran frecuentes y los miembros del Consorcio no comprendían lo que pasaba.
As delegates were scratching their chins over this issue, jaws dropped as the HFC amendment proposal was abruptly removed from the negotiating table.	Mientras los delegados se frotaban las barbillas por esta cuestión, sus quijadas cayeron cuando se retiró abruptamente de la mesa de negociaciones la propuesta de enmienda de HFC.
Some 57% of readers thought that the arrangement would be bad, 31% thought that it would be a good thing, while 11% were scratching their heads.	Un 57% de los lectores consideran que el arreglo sería uno adverso, 31% opinaron que sería algo bueno, mientras que un 11% quedaron rascándose la cabeza.
I tried to look where B might be, but they had my head trapped between two arms that my hands were scratching and tearing at as much as possible—at the skin, the cloth, anything within reach.	Traté de mirar hacia donde B podría estar, pero me tenían aprisionada la cabeza entre dos brazos, que mis manos en la medida de lo posible arañaban y rasgaban, la piel, la tela y todo lo que encontrasen a su alcance.
Remember, this tradition comes to us not from the mists of Avalon, back in time, but further still, before we were scratching out these stories on papyrus, or we were doing the pictographs on walls in moist, damp caves.	Recuerden, ésta es una tradición que nos llega, no desde la bruma de Avalón en el pasado, sino de mas atrás, antes estábamos rayando estas historias en papiros, o estábamos haciendo pictogramas en las paredes de las húmedas cavernas.
The hens were scratching around in the soil in the yard.	Las gallinas escarbaban la tierra del jardín.
It turned out the children had lice. That's why they were scratching their heads.	Resultó que los niños tenían habitantes. Por eso se rascaban la cabeza.