Buscamos un tipo de pan menos salado y un poco más dulce.

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Breakdown of Buscamos un tipo de pan menos salado y un poco más dulce.

• el pan: the bread
• nosotros: we
• y: and

Questions & Answers about Buscamos un tipo de pan menos salado y un poco más dulce.

Why is there no subject pronoun (nosotros) before buscamos?

In Spanish, subject pronouns (yo, tú, él, nosotros…) are usually omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• Buscamos clearly shows 1st person plural (we).
• Adding nosotros is only needed for emphasis or contrast:
  
  • Nosotros buscamos un tipo de pan… (We – not someone else – are looking for a type of bread…)

So the sentence without nosotros is the normal, neutral version.

How do I know whether buscamos is present tense (we look for / we are looking for) or past tense (we looked for)?

Buscamos has the same form in:

• Present indicative: nosotros buscamos = we look for / we are looking for
• Preterite (simple past): nosotros buscamos = we looked for

You know the time from context or time expressions:

• Ahora buscamos… → present: we are looking for…
• Ayer buscamos… → past: yesterday we looked for…

In your sentence, with no past-time marker and a shopping-like context, it’s naturally understood as present.

Could I say Estamos buscando un tipo de pan… instead of Buscamos…? What’s the difference?