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noi chiamavamo

called, used to call

→ chiamare
chiam call + avamo 1st-person plural imperfect
verb · 1st-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #33,960
called, used to call Imperfect past form; with a name, it means “used to call someone/something [name].”
IT: Da piccoli, la chiamavamo Nonna.
EN: When we were little, we used to call her Grandma.
Conjugation of chiamare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First chiamavo chiamavamo
Second chiamavi —
Third chiamava chiamavano

È la nostra casa da quando ci chiamavamo Jeff Bebe Band.

It's been our home since we were called the Jeff Bebe Band.

— Quasi famosi (2000)

Noi la chiamavamo Molly.

We called her Molly.

— Titanic (1997)

La chiamavamo Madame Bijoux.

We called her Madame Bijoux.

— Titanic (1997)

Lo chiamavamo Platone.

We called him Plato.

— Il segreto dei suoi occhi (2009)

La chiamavamo "Lady E".

We called her “Lady E.”

— Le iene (1992)

La chiamavamo "la donna che canta" perché cantava sempre.

We called her “the woman who sings” because she was always singing.

— La donna che canta (2010)

In quei giorni, li chiamavamo "negri da casa".

In those days, we called them “house Negroes.”

— Malcolm X (1992)