lui funzionava

worked, was working, functioned

→ funzionare
funzion to work, to function + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #31,095
worked, was working, functioned
IT: Il telefono funzionava bene.
EN: The phone worked well.
Conjugation of funzionare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third funzionava —

Niente funzionava.

Nothing worked.

Giorni fa funzionava.

It was working a few days ago.

— Hollywood, Vermont (2000)

Funzionava sempre.

It always worked.

Nemmeno il Ritalin funzionava più.

Even Ritalin didn't work anymore.

— Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)

Tra noi funzionava nella fuga.

It worked between us in the escape.

— Parla con lei (2002)

Prima funzionava.

It used to work.

— Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

Io vengo dall'ex DDR, ed è così che funzionava.

I’m from the former East Germany, and that’s how it worked.

— Lui è tornato (2015)

Keith spiegò come funzionava.

Keith explained how it worked.