Translation of "Preguntaban" in English

Los vecinos preguntaban,

People asked things like,

Se preguntaban qué hacer primero.

They wondered what to do first.

Me preguntaban si estaba usando relleno,

So they would come and ask if I was using extra padding,

Y le preguntaban si quería ir de compras,

they would call and ask if he wanted to go shopping

Todos se preguntaban cómo era posible algo así.

Everyone was trying to figure out how this was possible.

Los directores de 'casting' me preguntaban: "¿De dónde eres?".

Casting directors would ask me, "Where are you from?"

Los pasajeros a menudo le preguntaban a Katja Rossi

Katja Rossi was often asked by passengers

Le preguntaban a los niños qué imagen tenían de las personas mayores.

asked children about their perception of the elderly.

Y además se les preguntaban algunas cosas sobre su imagen de la vejez:

And they were also asked some questions on their perception of old age:

Tom y Mary buscaban la frase desconocida y se preguntaban quién sería el autor.

Tom and Mary were looking for the unknown sentence and were wondering who was its author.

Ya en la antigua Grecia, los humanos se preguntaban si podían existir otros sistemas solares en el universo.

As far back as ancient Greece, humans have wondered whether other solar systems might exist in the universe.