lui detestava

hated, used to hate

→ detestare
detest hate + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,516
hated, used to hate
IT: Mia sorella detestava il rumore.
EN: My sister hated noise.
Conjugation of detestare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third detestava —

Paulie detestava le conferenze.

Paulie hated conferences.

— Quei bravi ragazzi (1990)

Detestava mia madre.

He hated my mother.

— Don Juan DeMarco - Maestro d'amore (1994)

Nessuno detestava Tom.

Nobody hated Tom.

Sami detestava Layla.

Sami hated Layla.

Ma non è insolito, perché mia nonna detestava tutto il mondo.

But it's not unusual, because my grandmother hated the whole world.

— Don Juan DeMarco - Maestro d'amore (1994)