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loro arrivavano

were arriving, were coming, were reaching, were getting to

→ arrivare
arriv arrive + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect + no 3rd person plural imperfect past
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #40,189
were arriving, were coming The imperfect can also be translated as “arrived” for a repeated or ongoing past action.
IT: I miei amici arrivavano sempre in anticipo.
EN: My friends always arrived early.
were reaching, were getting to Used with a destination or point, often with “a.”
IT: Arrivavano a casa dopo mezzanotte.
EN: They were getting home after midnight.
Conjugation of arrivare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third arrivava arrivavano

Quasi tutti i giorni arrivavano da casa a piedi.

They walked to the house almost every day.

A che assurdità arrivavano i nostri antenati.

What absurdities our ancestors went to.

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Marco disse che arrivavano i nostri cugini.

Marco said our cousins were coming.

Come al solito arrivavano informazioni diverse.

As usual, different information was arriving.

— Senna (2010)

Da dove arrivavano?

Where did they come from?

— Dal cuore (1998)