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lui consisteva

consisted

→ consistere
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #44,802
consisted Usually followed by in or of, depending on the phrase.
IT: Il problema consisteva in un errore semplice.
EN: The problem consisted of a simple mistake.
Conjugation of consistere
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third consisteva —

La gara d'ingegno consisteva nel capire quale domanda fare al proprio UniComp.

The challenge was to figure out what question to ask your UniComp.

In che cosa consisteva questo ricatto?

What did this blackmail consist of?

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

Ma in che consisteva questo trattamento?

But what did this treatment consist of?

— Conclave (2024)

L'attrazione fra noi consisteva in quello, se mi capisci.

That was what the attraction between us was about, if you know what I mean.

— I Tenenbaum (2001)