Resultados posibles:
contratabas
-you were hiring
Imperfecto para el sujeto del verbo contratar.
contratabas
-you were hiring
Imperfecto para el sujeto vos del verbo contratar.

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Esto no habría pasado si no lo contratabas.
None of this would've happened if you hadn't hired him.
Dijiste que contratabas a los mejores, ¿verdad?
You said you were hiring the best, right?
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