realizzavate

Realizzavate is the second person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb realizzare. Realizzare means to realize, to carry out, or to make something come into being. The verb is a regular -are verb, and in the imperfect its endings follow the standard pattern for -are verbs.

Morphology and examples: The stem is realizz-, and the imperfect ending for voi is -avate, yielding realizzavate. Examples: Voi realizzavate progetti ambiziosi; Voi realizzavate i vostri obiettivi passo dopo passo. In other tenses the same stem realizz- combines with different endings (realizzava, realizzavamo, realizzavate, realizzavano).

Usage: Realizzavate describes actions or states in the past that were ongoing or habitual, or provides background in a narrative. It is commonly used to convey that, over a period, you all were realizing or used to realize various aims. It is distinct from the passato prossimo form realizzaste/aveste realizzato, which marks a completed past action. In spoken Italian, speakers may instead use forms like stavate realizzando to emphasize ongoing progress, but realizzavate remains correct for the simple imperfect.

Etymology: Realizzare is formed from the root real- (from Latin realis, meaning real) with the suffix -izzare, creating a verb meaning to realize or to make real. Realizzavate, as a derived imperfect form, inherits that meaning within the grammatical framework of Italian -are verbs.

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