confermava

Confermava is the third-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb confermare, meaning to confirm. In the imperfect tense, confermava expresses a past action that was ongoing, habitual, or framed as a prior state of confirmation. For example, LUI confermava la data dell’incontro, meaning He was confirming the date of the meeting.

The form can also occur with the formal pronoun Lei, as in Lei confermava, to indicate that you (formal) were confirming in a past context. Con mei usage, confermare is a regular -are verb, and its imperfect forms follow the standard endings: io confermavo, tu confermavi, lui/lei/Lei confermava, noi confermavamo, voi confermavate, loro confermavano.

Etymology traces confermare to Latin confirmare, from con- “together” and firmare “to make firm.” In modern Italian, confermare covers senses such as verify, attest, approve, or corroborate in both everyday and official contexts. Confermava, as the past-imperfect form, contrasts with present-tense forms like conferma (he/ she/ you formal confirms) and with other tenses such as the subjunctive confermasse.

Because confermava is a verb form, it does not function as a noun or proper name. Its use is largely syntactic, tied to subject agreement and tense rather than carrying independent meaning beyond “was confirming.”