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¿Qué estaba haciendo?
-What was he doing?
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qué estaba haciendo
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que estaba haciendo
-that he was doing
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¿Qué estaba haciendo?

¿Qué estaba haciendo?(
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A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
phrase
a. What was he doing? (masculine)
Miré por la ventana y vi a un hombre en mi jardín. - ¿Qué estaba haciendo?I looked out my window and I saw a man in my garden. - ¿Qué estaba haciendo?
b. What was she doing? (feminine)
Cuando llamó a su esposa por teléfono, ¿qué estaba haciendo?When you called your wife, what was she doing?
2.
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
(formal)
(second person singular)
a. What were you doing?
Por favor, Jennifer, cuéntenos dónde estaba usted en esos momentos. Y, más importante, ¿qué estaba haciendo?Please Jennifer, tell us where you were at that moment. And, more importantly, what were you doing?
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