Translation of "Hablaban" in English

Hablaban francés.

They spoke French.

Hablaban de economía.

They talked about economy.

¿De qué hablaban?

- What did you talk about?
- What were you talking about?

Ellos no hablaban español.

They were not speaking Spanish.

Los aztecas hablaban náhuatl.

The Aztecs spoke Nahuatl.

Los romanos hablaban latín.

The Romans spoke Latin.

Ellos hablaban de negocios.

They were talking business.

hablaban mal de sus compañeros

were talking negatively about their colleagues

No hablaban inglés muy bien.

They didn't speak English very well.

Hablaban cada noche por teléfono.

- They talked on the telephone every night.
- They talked on the phone every night.

Ellos hablaban durante la película.

They talked during the movie.

Los cuatro hablaban solo francés.

All four spoke only French.

Por ejemplo, si hablaban de

For example, if they talked about

hablaban así con las personas mayores

would speak like this to the elderly

A personas que hablaban otro idioma.

to people who spoke other languages.

Aunque eran hermanos no se hablaban.

Although they were brothers, they were not on speaking terms.

Los viejos hablaban de la vida.

The old men were talking about life.

Hablaban un idioma que no reconocí.

They were speaking a language that I didn't recognize.

Hablaban el dialecto de la región sur.

They were speaking in a Southern dialect.

No entendí porque hablaban en voz baja.

I didn't understand because they spoke in a low voice.

Me di cuenta de que hablaban de mí.

I realized they meant me.

- Ellos no hablaban español.
- Usted no hablaba español.

They were not speaking Spanish.

Hablaban demasiado rápido para que yo les entendiera.

They spoke too quickly for me to understand.

Tom y sus amigos se hablaban en francés.

Tom and his friends were speaking to each other in French.

hablaban con la gente mayor como si fueran niños,

would talk to older people as if they were children,

Y le hablaban a una cantidad X de gente.

and they were speaking to groups of people.

Que mis padres me hablaban en dos idiomas diferentes.

that what my parents were speaking to me were two separate languages.

Les habían dicho que les deportarían si hablaban con alguien.

They had been told that they would be deported if they spoke to anybody.

Como hablaban en chino, no entendí nada de lo que dijeron.

Because they were speaking Chinese, I couldn't understand anything they said.

No sé qué pasó anoche, pero ellos no se hablaban esta mañana.

I don't know what went on last night, but they're not speaking to each other this morning.

Fue interesante ver como los hablantes expresaban varios tipos de emociones mientras hablaban.

It was interesting seeing how the speakers expressed various kinds of emotions while they were speaking.

Le pidieron a 20 personas que hablaban diferentes idiomas, mirar estas 330 muestras de colores

They had asked 20 people who spoke different languages to look at these 330 color chips

- ¿De qué hablabas?
- ¿De qué hablabais?
- ¿De qué hablaba?
- ¿De qué hablaban?
- ¿De qué hablaste?

What did you talk about?

Cuando me hablaban en inglés, era porque querían venderme algo. Cuando me hablaban en esperanto, era porque querían ser mis amigos. Dicho por esperantistas de Estados Unidos al volver de viajes a otros países.

When they spoke English to me, it was because they wanted to sell me something. When they spoke Esperanto to me, it was because they wanted to be my friends. Heard from American Esperanto speakers returning from trips abroad.

La versión del idioma que ellos hablaban, conocido como el griego koiné, se basaba en el dialecto de Atenas.

The version of the language they spoke, known as Koine Greek, was based on the dialect of Athens.