Aggiustavate

Aggiustavate is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb aggiustare, meaning to adjust, fix, or repair. It corresponds to the English "you all were adjusting" or "you all used to adjust." It is commonly used to describe ongoing or repeated past actions.

In Italian, the imperfect indicative for -are verbs uses the endings -avo, -avi, -ava, -avamo, -avate, -avano. For the voi form, the ending is -avate, giving aggiustavate from the stem aggiust-. The form is regular for this verb class, with no mandatory irregular changes in the imperfect.

Usage typically describes actions in progress in the past, often with temporal or contextual cues such as mentre, quando, o spesso. For example: Mentre voi aggiustavate il meccanismo, io controllavo il manuale. This translates to "While you were adjusting the mechanism, I checked the manual." Another example: Quando eravate ragazzi, voi aggiustavate spesso le cose in casa. This means "When you were young, you used to fix things around the house often." The nuance emphasizes duration or repetition rather than a single completed action.

Etymology notes: aggiustare derives from a prefixed form related to giustare, linked to the idea of making something right or fitting. The word belongs to standard Italian conjugation patterns for -are verbs in the imperfect tense.

See also: aggiustare, Italian verb conjugation, imperfect indicative.