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lui mangiava

ate, was eating

→ mangiare
mangi eat + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #19,773
ate, was eating Used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
IT: Mangiava sempre con la famiglia.
EN: He always ate with his family.
Conjugation of mangiare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First mangiavo —
Third mangiava mangiavano

Mangiava troppo.

He ate too much.

— Parasite (2019)

Mary ha detto che non mangiava carne.

Mary said that she didn’t eat meat.

La gente mangiava, poi tornava a casa.

People ate, then went home.

Mi disse che non mangiava maiale.

He told me he didn’t eat pork.

Mary mi disse che non mangiava carne.

Mary told me she didn’t eat meat.

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

Tom was sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner.

Mangiava sempre abbastanza per due.

He always ate enough for two.

— Parasite (2019)

Nel porto interno non si mangiava il pesce.

Fish wasn’t eaten in the inner harbor.

Tom una volta mangiava molto cibo spazzatura.

Tom once ate a lot of junk food.

Mentre mangiava una pizza, stava infastidendo sua sorella.

While eating a pizza, he was annoying his sister.

Quando Mary era giovane, mangiava tre uova ogni giorno.

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

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 carne.

He told me he didn’t eat meat.

Mary mi disse che non mangiava carne di maiale.

Mary told me she didn’t eat pork.

Layla mangiava dei popcorn.

Layla was eating popcorn.

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)