Escarbábamos

Escarbábamos is the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb escarbar. This verb generally translates to "to dig," "to scratch," or "to grub" in English. The imperfect tense in Spanish is used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past, or to set the scene for a past event. Therefore, "escarbábamos" specifically refers to the action of "we were digging," "we used to dig," or "we were scratching" performed by a group of people in the past. The exact nuance depends on the context in which the word is used. For instance, it could describe the collective effort of excavating a site, the persistent scratching of a group of animals, or even a figurative digging into a problem or memory. The object being dug or scratched would typically follow the verb. The imperfect tense suggests that the action was either continuous over a period of time, or repeated regularly, without a definitive end point in the past narrative.