eu acontecia

was happening, happened, was taking place

ɐ k õ t ɨ s i ɐ → acontecer
acontec happen, occur + ia Imperfect tense (I/he/she)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #26,418
was happening, happened, was taking place Used for an ongoing or repeated event in the past.
PO: O que acontecia naquela casa?
EN: What was happening in that house?
Conjugation of acontecer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First acontecia —
Third acontecia —

Fazia tempo que não acontecia.

It had been a long time since that happened.

— O Operário (2004)

Eu estava no time há umas três semanas, mas nada acontecia.

I had been on the team for about three weeks, but nothing was happening.

— Campo dos Sonhos (1989)

A tragédia, dizia, é que nunca acontecia.

The tragedy, he said, was that it never happened.

— Clube da Luta (1999)

Então era isso que acontecia durante minha gripe.

So that's what happened during my flu.

— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)

No caso do Tiago, isso acontecia de um jeito diferente.

In Tiago's case, it happened in a different way.

— Cidade de Deus (2002)

Nós pensávamos que era por isso que este tipo de coisa acontecia.

We thought that was why this kind of thing happened.

Eu achava que isso só acontecia em filmes.

I thought this only happened in movies.

— Mulheres à Beira de um Ataque de Nervos (1988)

Ali acontecia de tudo, menos amor.

Everything happened there, except love.

— O que o Coração Deseja (2001)

Tudo isso acontecia e você não me disse?

All of this was happening and you didn't tell me?

— Corra, Milkha, Corra (2013)

Isso acontecia com frequência no verão.

This happened frequently in the summer.

Mas a história acontecia em Nova York.

But the story took place in New York.

— Azul É A Cor Mais Quente (2013)