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lui fumava

smoked, used to smoke

→ fumare
fum smoke + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #30,371
smoked, used to smoke Used for a past habit or an action in progress in the past.
IT: Da giovane fumava la pipa.
EN: He used to smoke a pipe when he was young.
Conjugation of fumare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First fumavo —
Third fumava —

Tom fumava, ma ora non lo fa.

Tom used to smoke, but he doesn’t anymore.

Fumava oppio.

He smoked opium.

— Addio mia concubina (1993)

Si ricorda ancora il giorno in cui sua madre ha scoperto che fumava.

He still remembers the day his mother found out he smoked.

Lei l'ha beccato mentre fumava una sigaretta.

She caught him while he was smoking a cigarette.

Pensavo avesse detto che non fumava.

I thought he had said he didn't smoke.

Intanto, si fumava una canna.

Meanwhile, he was smoking a joint.

— C'era una volta a… Hollywood (2019)

Fumava e se ne fregava.

He smoked and didn't care.

— Addio mia concubina (1993)

Coretti padre fumava la pipa e si fregava le mani.

Coretti's father smoked a pipe and rubbed his hands together.

Stamattina dopo che lui si è alzato lei fumava a letto.

This morning after he got up she was smoking in bed.

— Viaggio a Tokyo (1953)