Usages of estar por
Estábamos por cancelar la ruta de senderismo, pero dejó de llover y salimos igual.
We were about to cancel the hiking route, but it stopped raining and we went out anyway.
En el último examen de matemáticas yo estaba por reprobar, pero estudié una hora más y alcancé el promedio mínimo.
In the last math exam I was about to fail, but I studied one more hour and reached the minimum average.
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