Yap.Town

il parvenait

managed to, succeeded in

→ parvenir
parven reach; attain + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #43,939
managed to, succeeded in Imperfect tense; often describes an ongoing or repeated effort in the past.
FR: Malgré les difficultés, elle parvenait à finir son travail à temps.
EN: Despite the difficulties, she managed to finish her work on time.
Conjugation of parvenir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third parvenait —

Et Robbie, qui vendait tout ce qu'il parvenait à obtenir.

And Robbie, who sold everything he could get his hands on.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

La lumière ne parvenait dans la chambre qu'à travers une lucarne.

Light reached the room only through a skylight.

Elle ne parvenait pas à comprendre toute l'histoire.

She couldn't understand the whole story.

Tom ne parvenait pas à décider pour qui voter.

Tom couldn't decide who to vote for.