lui guardava

was looking at, was watching

→ guardare
guard to watch, to look at + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Common #7,300
was looking at, was watching
IT: Mentre parlavo, guardava il telefono.
EN: While I was talking, he was looking at his phone.
Conjugation of guardare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First guardavo guardavamo
Second guardavi —
Third guardava guardavano

Una volta la gente guardava il fuoco come oggi si guarda la TV.

Once upon a time, people watched fire like they watch TV today.

— Effetto notte (1973)

Il poliziotto guardava Tom con sospetto.

The policeman looked at Tom suspiciously.

Tom guardava in basso.

Tom looked down.

Il vecchio guardava il tramonto dal balcone come faceva da cinquant'anni.

The old man watched the sunset from the balcony as he had done for fifty years.

A parte Tom, la famiglia guardava la TV in silenzio.

Except for Tom, the family watched TV in silence.

Io guardavo l'animale e l'animale guardava me.

I was looking at the animal, and the animal was looking at me.

Guardava la montagna, però aveva una cipolla in mano.

He was looking at the mountain, but he was holding an onion.

— Il postino (1994)

E la Principessa lo guardava sempre.

And the Princess was always looking at him.

— Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Mi guardava in faccia.

He looked me in the face.

Il malato guardava sempre il ragazzo.

The patient kept looking at the boy.

Ci guardava come se gli avessimo chiesto entrambi i suoi due reni.

He looked at us as if we had asked him for both of his kidneys.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Poi guardava noi, l'uno dopo l'altro, attento.

Then he looked at us one by one, attentively.

Tom guardava da lontano.

Tom watched from afar.

Hai visto come guardava, rideva di me.

Did you see the way he was looking? He was laughing at me.

— I lunedì al sole (2002)

La gente mi guardava in modo diverso, sapevano che avevo qualcuno dietro.

People looked at me differently, they knew I had someone behind me.

— Quei bravi ragazzi (1990)

Tom guardava nervosamente.

Tom watched nervously.

Hai visto come ti guardava Daisy?

Did you see how Daisy looked at you?

— People we meet on vacation - Un amore in vacanza (2026)

Tom non guardava dove stava andando.

Tom wasn’t watching where he was going.

Uno che le guardava?

Someone who was watching them?

— Mystic River (2003)

Guardava.

He was watching.

— È arrivata mia figlia! (2015)

Lei mi guardava.

She was looking at me.

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

Mi guardava.

He was looking at me.

— Il postino (1994)

Il malato lo guardava qualche volta; ma non dava segno di riconoscerlo.

The patient looked at him from time to time, but showed no sign of recognizing him.

Tom guardava il suo cane.

Tom looked at his dog.

Ma mia madre lo guardava come se fosse un insetto.

But my mother looked at him like he was an insect.

— Titanic (1997)

Lui mi guardava sorpreso.

He looked at me surprised.

Guardava il suo cane.

He was looking at his dog.

Sami guardava le scatole.

Sami looked at the boxes.

Mi guardava come se fossi pazzo.

He looked at me like I was crazy.

Anche la ragazza lo guardava.

The girl was looking at him too.

Quando era giovane guardava spesso il baseball.

When he was young he often watched baseball.

Prima non hai visto come ti guardava?

Didn't you notice how he was looking at you earlier?

— Tesis (1996)

Rideva mentre la guardava.

He laughed as he looked at her.

— Angeli perduti (1995)

Tom guardava l'albero di Natale.

Tom was looking at the Christmas tree.

Guardava tutte le donne con l'idea di incontrare sua madre.

He looked at every woman, hoping to find his mother.

Mennad guardava la bandiera.

Mennad looked at the flag.

Lei ci guardava dall'alto in basso.

She looked down on us.

Tom si guardava attorno.

Tom looked around.

Mi guardava le spalle.

He had my back.

— The Rip - Soldi sporchi (2026)

Lo guardava continuare a combattere il più duramente possibile.

She watched him continue to fight as hard as he could.

Il vecchio sedeva sulla panchina e guardava i bambini giocare nel parco.

The old man sat on the bench and watched the children playing in the park.

Tuo marito era vivo e già ti guardava così.

Your husband was alive and already looking at you like that.

— La spina del diavolo (2001)

Tom guardava direttamente Mary.

Tom looked directly at Mary.

Tom guardava.

Tom watched.

Ogni uomo che la guardava, si doveva fare, per forza, una sega.

Every man who looked at her had to jerk off.

— Le iene (1992)

E la Fata lo guardava e rideva.

And the Fairy watched him and laughed.