lui impediva

prevented, stopped

→ impedire

imped to prevent, to stop + iva third-person singular imperfect

verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #46,454

prevented, stopped Often used with a pronoun and di + infinitive, or with a direct object, to say that something prevented someone from doing something.

IT: La pioggia impediva ai bambini di giocare fuori.

EN: The rain prevented the children from playing outside.

Conjugation of impedire

impedire impedirlo impedirmelo impedirglielo

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
Third	impediva	—

Se erano tutti a Spencerport, c’era una legge complicata che lo impediva.

If they were all in Spencerport, there was a complicated law that prevented it.

Non sapevano che la paura glielo impediva.

They didn't know that fear was preventing them from doing so.

— Y tu mamá también - Anche tua madre (2001)

Ma questo non gli impediva di essere cocciuto.

But that didn't stop him from being stubborn.

— Barfi! (2012)

Qualcosa me lo impediva.

Something was stopping me.

— La tigre e il dragone (2000)