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loro giravano

were going around, were circulating, were filming, were shooting

→ girare
gir to film, to shoot + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect + no 3rd person plural imperfect past
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #39,431
were going around, were circulating The meaning depends on context; it can describe people or things moving around, or information or money circulating.
IT: I bambini giravano per il parco.
EN: The children were going around the park.
were filming, were shooting In this sense, it refers to making a film.
IT: Giravano un film in città.
EN: They were filming a movie in town.
Conjugation of girare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third girava giravano

Degli avvoltoi giravano in cerchio sopra il cadavere.

Vultures circled above the corpse.

Giravano delle voci.

There were rumors going around.

— Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Là dentro giravano un sacco di soldi e un sacco di voti.

A lot of money and a lot of votes were being traded in there.

— Tropa de elite 2 - Il nemico ora è un altro (2010)

Quelli giravano col loro denaro.

Those people were going around with their money.

— Vite vendute (1953)

Uno di quei vecchi cowboy che giravano film allo Spahn Ranch.

One of those old cowboys who made movies at Spahn Ranch.

— C'era una volta a… Hollywood (2019)