stava leggendo

was reading

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was reading Past continuous/imperfect tense form of leggere.
IT: Stava leggendo quando è squillato il telefono.
EN: He was reading when the phone rang.

Stava leggendo il Corano.

He was reading the Koran.

Stava leggendo il suo libro.

He was reading his book.

Tom stava leggendo nella biblioteca.

Tom was reading in the library.

Sami stava leggendo quei libri.

Sami was reading those books.

Yanni stava leggendo il libro.

Yanni was reading the book.

Dove ha messo il libro che stava leggendo?

Where did he put the book he was reading?

Emily stava leggendo un libro.

Emily was reading a book.

Stava leggendo il Corano nella sua automobile.

He was reading the Quran in his car.

Stava leggendo un foglio al contrario.

He was reading a sheet of paper backwards.

Mi stava leggendo la mano.

He was reading my palm.

— Burning - L'amore brucia (2018)

La bambina stava leggendo una fiaba su un gatto parlante.

The little girl was reading a fairy tale about a talking cat.

Stava leggendo il giornale al bar quando lo hanno chiamato d'urgenza.

He was reading the newspaper at the bar when they called him urgently.

L'imam stava leggendo il Corano.

The imam was reading the Quran.

Sami stava leggendo il Corano.

Sami was reading the Koran.

Stava leggendo dei libri sull'Islam.

He was reading books about Islam.

Stava leggendo quel libro.

He was reading that book.

Tom stava leggendo un giornale in pigiama.

Tom was reading a newspaper in his pajamas.