impattavo

Impattavo is the first person singular imperfect indicative of the Italian verb impattare. It expresses an ongoing or habitual action in the past, corresponding to “I was impacting” or “I used to impact.” The form is regular for an -are verb, following the standard imperfect endings: io impattavo, tu impattavi, egli impattava, noi impattavamo, voi impattavate, essi impattavano.

Impattare means to collide or to have an impact, and it is used both in a physical sense (two bodies colliding) and in a figurative sense (to have an effect on someone or something). The noun impatto denotes the impact itself, and related adjectives such as impattante describe something with a strong effect. In contemporary Italian, impattare is common in journalism, business, IT, and everyday speech, though in formal writing some speakers prefer expressions like avere un impatto su or influire su.

Grammatical notes: impattare is transitive and typically takes a direct object or a prepositional phrase to indicate the object of impact (impattare qualcuno, avere un impatto su qualcosa). In physical contexts, one can also see impattare with trajectory phrases, for example impattare contro un ostacolo. The imperfect tense—impattavo, impattavi, impattava, impattavamo, impattavate, impattavano—is used in narrative to describe past states or repeated events.

Example usage: in a narrative, “Io impattavo spesso contro ostacoli simili” describes a past recurring collision, while in a business context, one might say “questa campagna impattava sul pubblico” to indicate its effect on the audience.