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loro tornavano

were returning, came back, added up, made sense

→ tornare
torn return, go back, come back + avano 3rd-person plural imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #44,211
were returning, came back
IT: I bambini tornavano a casa dopo la scuola.
EN: The children were coming back home after school.
added up, made sense
IT: I numeri tornavano.
EN: The numbers added up.
Conjugation of tornare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First tornavo —
Third tornava tornavano

Cercava di proteggere le persone che tornavano a casa dalla torre.

He was trying to protect the people returning home from the tower.

Prima, noi facevamo irruzione ma i trafficanti tornavano.

Before, we raided but the traffickers returned.

— Tropa de elite 2 - Il nemico ora è un altro (2010)

Le linee dello scafo non tornavano.

The lines of the hull didn’t add up.

Ma non mi tornavano i conti.

But the numbers didn’t add up for me.

— La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)