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lui succedeva

used to happen, was happening

→ succedere
succed happen; occur + eva third-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #30,636
used to happen, was happening
IT: Questo succedeva spesso.
EN: This used to happen often.
Conjugation of succedere
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third succedeva —

Sapeva cosa succedeva lì.

He knew what was going on there.

— Quei bravi ragazzi (1990)

Questo succedeva spesso in inverno.

This happened often in winter.

Volevi vedere cosa succedeva?

Did you want to see what happened?

— Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

Per lei la tragedia era che non succedeva.

For her, the tragedy was that it wasn't happening.

— Fight Club (1999)

Hai sempre detto scusa quando succedeva qualcosa.

You always said sorry when something happened.

— La Forma della Voce (2016)

Succedeva qualcosa di brutto.

Something bad was happening.

— Il nastro bianco (2009)

Questo succedeva ogni primavera.

This happened every spring.

Le donne si avvicinano e ci parlano ora, e prima non succedeva mai.

Women come up to us and talk to us now, and that never happened before.

— Material Love (2025)

Non mi succedeva da molto.

It hasn't happened to me in a long time.

— Ritratto della giovane in fiamme (2019)