Prosciugava
Prosciugava is an Italian verb in the imperfect indicative tense, third-person singular. It is the imperfect form of the verb prosciugare. The verb prosciugare literally means to dry up, to drain, or to empty. Therefore, "prosciugava" translates to "it was drying up," "he/she was drying up," "it was draining," or "he/she was draining."
The imperfect tense in Italian is used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past, or