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  1. Spanish (Latin America)
  2. /The past resultative (acababa de)
  3. /contestar

contestar

contestar
to answer
From Lesson 219:The past resultative (acababa de)·Spanish (Latin America)

Usages of contestar

Acababa de contestar la llamada.
I had just answered the call.
Como nadie contestó, acababa de dejar un mensaje en el buzón.
Since nobody answered, I had just left a message in the voicemail.
Acababa de contestar, pero tuve que colgar por el wifi pésimo.
I had just answered, but I had to hang up because of the awful Wi-Fi.
Aquí nunca contestan las llamadas.
They never answer the calls here.

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