lui mangiava

was eating, ate

→ mangiare
mangi eat + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #20,808
was eating, ate Imperfetto (past) tense: describes an ongoing, habitual, or background action in the past.
IT: Quando l’ho chiamato, mangiava.
EN: When I called him, he was eating.
Conjugation of mangiare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First mangiavo
Third mangiava mangiavano

Mary mi disse che non mangiava carne.

Mary told me she didn’t eat meat.

Quando Mary era giovane, mangiava tre uova ogni giorno.

When Mary was young, she ate three eggs every day.

Tom era seduto al tavolo della cucina mentre mangiava la cena.

Tom was sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner.

Vestiva bene, mangiava bene, quello che gli lasciava il padrone.

He dressed well, he ate well, what his master left him.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Mi disse che non mangiava maiale.

He told me he didn’t eat pork.

Mangiava così tanto, che saremmo finiti sotto un ponte.

He ate so much, we would have ended up under a bridge.

— Il mio amico Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Mary mi disse che non mangiava carne di maiale.

Mary told me she didn’t eat pork.

Mentre mangiava una pizza, stava infastidendo sua sorella.

While eating a pizza, he was annoying his sister.

Mary ha detto che non mangiava carne.

Mary said that she didn’t eat meat.

Mangiava troppo.

He ate too much.

— Parasite (2019)

Mi disse che non mangiava carne.

He told me he didn’t eat meat.

Tom una volta mangiava molto cibo spazzatura.

Tom once ate a lot of junk food.

Layla mangiava dei popcorn.

Layla was eating popcorn.

Mangiava sempre abbastanza per due.

He always ate enough for two.

— Parasite (2019)