lui nevicava

was snowing

→ nevicare
nevic snow + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person, imperfect tense Rare #29,409
was snowing Used for an ongoing or repeated snowfall in the past.
IT: Quando siamo usciti, nevicava.
EN: It was snowing when we went out.
Conjugation of nevicare
Indicative imperfect
nevicava

Nevicava.

It was snowing.

— Il mio amico Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Nevicava a Gerusalemme.

It was snowing in Jerusalem.

Nevicava forte, ma ho nascosto le mie tracce.

It was snowing heavily, but I hid my tracks.

— La ragazza d'autunno (2019)

Ebbene, senza dubbio quella notte nevicava proprio come accade nelle favole.

Well, it certainly snowed that night just like in fairy tales.

— Vivere (1952)

Già da molte ore nevicava a grandi fiocchi bianchi.

It had already been snowing heavily for many hours, with large white flakes.

— Il gattopardo (1963)

Stavano al caldo dentro casa mentre fuori nevicava forte.

They were warm inside the house while it was snowing heavily outside.

E nevicava forte.

And it was snowing heavily.

— La ragazza d'autunno (2019)

Nevicava e Matthew camminava lentamente per non scivolare.

It was snowing and Matthew walked slowly so as not to slip.

Sono partito presto e nevicava forte, ho nascosto le mie tracce.

I left early and it was snowing heavily, I hid my tracks.

— La ragazza d'autunno (2019)