estaban confesando
-they/you were confessing
Imperfecto progresivo para el sujeto ellos/ellas/ustedes del verbo confesar.

confesar

¡Ellos estaban confesando sus pecados!
They were confessing their sins!
Al consolar a la mente hambrienta y ministrar a las almas sedientas, los recipientes de su misericordia no sentían que se le estaban confesando sino más bien que estaban conferenciando con él.
As he comforted hungry minds and ministered to thirsty souls, the recipients of his mercy did not so much feel that they were confessing to him as that they were conferring with him.
Palabra del día
el muérdago