io tagliavo

was cutting, used to cut

→ tagliare

tagli to cut + avo 1st person singular imperfect

verb · 1st-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #44,458

was cutting, used to cut The past tense can describe an ongoing action or a repeated past habit.

IT: Mentre parlavi, tagliavo le verdure.

EN: While you were talking, I was cutting the vegetables.

Conjugation of tagliare

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	tagliavo	—

I was cutting glass.

I used to cut glass.

Every night, I cut out my heart.

— Il paziente inglese (1996)

I was mowing the grass under the window.

— Il Signore degli Anelli - La compagnia dell'anello (2001)