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lui raccontava

was telling, was recounting

→ raccontare
raccont to tell, to recount + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #37,664
was telling, was recounting
IT: Mia madre raccontava una storia ai bambini.
EN: My mother was telling a story to the children.
Conjugation of raccontare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third raccontava —

Ricordi quando il nonno ci raccontava le storie della guerra ogni domenica?

Remember when Grandpa used to tell us war stories every Sunday?

Il vecchio raccontava storie della guerra ai nipoti ogni sera dopo cena.

The old man told his grandchildren stories about the war every evening after dinner.

Tom era seduto di fronte a un gruppo di bambini che raccontava loro una storia.

Tom was sitting in front of a group of children telling them a story.

Ciò che raccontava era troppo dettagliato per essere solo un'invenzione.

What he was recounting was too detailed to be merely made up.

— The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Paradigm (2008)

Me lo raccontava la mamma.

Mom used to tell me about it.

— La canzone del mare (2014)

Raccontava sempre questa storia.

He/She always used to tell this story.

— L'agente segreto (2025)