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noi prendevamo

used to make fun of, would tease, used to take, would take

→ prendere
prend to take, to catch + evamo 1st person plural imperfect (we)
verb · 1st-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #41,233
used to make fun of, would tease In the expression prendere in giro.
IT: Da piccoli, prendevamo in giro nostro fratello.
EN: When we were little, we used to tease our brother.
used to take, would take
IT: Prendevamo sempre lo stesso treno.
EN: We always used to take the same train.
Conjugation of prendere
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First prendevo prendevamo
Second prendevi —
Third prendeva prendevano

Mi ricordo di come prendevamo il tè e lei mi cacciò via.

I remember how we used to have tea, and she kicked me out.

— Solaris (1972)

Se volevamo qualcosa, ce lo prendevamo.

If we wanted something, we took it.

— Quei bravi ragazzi (1990)

Lo prendevamo in giro.

We used to make fun of him.

— Crimini e misfatti (1989)

Poveraccio, come lo prendevamo in giro!

Poor thing, how we teased him!

— Storie pazzesche (2014)

Prendevamo sempre lo stesso treno.

We always took the same train.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)