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aveva fame

was hungry

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phrase Uncommon #12,365
was hungry Imperfect tense of avere fame, used to say that someone felt hungry in the past. The form aveva is third-person singular, but it can also appear in reported speech depending on the sentence.
IT: Lui aveva fame.
EN: He was hungry.

Tenente, Dawson ha portato del cibo a un ragazzo che aveva fame.

Lieutenant, Dawson brought food to a boy who was hungry.

— Codice d'onore (1992)

Aveva fame dopo la lunga passeggiata nel bosco.

He was hungry after the long walk in the woods.

Tom aveva fame, così è andato in cucina a prepararsi un panino.

Tom was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to make himself a sandwich.

Lui aveva fame.

He was hungry.

Perché l'ha ordinato, se non aveva fame?

Why did he order it if he wasn’t hungry?

— Tampopo (1985)

Mi ha detto che non aveva fame.

He told me he wasn’t hungry.

Tom dice che Mary aveva fame.

Tom says Mary was hungry.

Mary mi disse che non aveva fame.

Mary told me she wasn’t hungry.

Dissi loro che aveva fame.

I told them I was hungry.

Tom disse a Mary che non aveva fame.

Tom told Mary that he wasn't hungry.

Tom ha detto a Mary che non aveva fame.

Tom told Mary that he wasn't hungry.

Gli dissi che aveva fame.

I told him I was hungry.

Tom probabilmente aveva fame.

Tom was probably hungry.

Tom aveva fame questa mattina.

Tom was hungry this morning.

Mary ammise che aveva fame.

Mary admitted she was hungry.

Mary mi disse che aveva fame.

Mary told me she was hungry.

Mary ha detto a Tom che non aveva fame.

Mary told Tom that she wasn't hungry.

Tom aveva fame, ma Mary no.

Tom was hungry, but Mary wasn't.

Tom ha detto che Mary aveva fame.

Tom said Mary was hungry.

Tom probabilmente non aveva fame.

Tom probably wasn't hungry.

Noi abbiamo visto che aveva fame e allora Nobuyo l'ha portata a casa.

We saw that she was hungry, so Nobuyo took her home.

— Un affare di famiglia (2018)

Tom chiese a Mary se aveva fame.

Tom asked Mary if she was hungry.

Tom non ha detto che Mary aveva fame.

Tom didn't say that Mary was hungry.

Mi disse che non aveva fame.

He told me he wasn't hungry.

Sami aveva fame.

Sami was hungry.