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he was reading

-leía

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was reading

-estuve leyendo

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

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He was reading.

-Estaba leyendo.

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he was reading

leía

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wuhz

dihng

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

wəz

ɹi

dɪŋ

English Alphabet (ABC)

was

rea

ding

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