sputavamo

Sputavamo is the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb sputare, meaning to spit. It is used to describe ongoing or habitual action in the past and functions as a conjugated verb form rather than a stand-alone noun or concept. In everyday language, it appears in narrative and descriptive contexts to convey what “we were spitting” or “we used to spit” in the past.

Morphology and etymology: Sputare derives from Latin spūttāre, and Italian retains a regular -are verb pattern. The imperfect endings for -are verbs include -avamo for we, yielding sputavamo. The pronunciation typically places the stress on the syllable around -vá- in the spoken form (sputavámo).

Usage: The form is commonly found in informal speech and literary prose when recounting past actions that were ongoing or habitual. Example: "Da bambini, noi sputavamo spesso nel cortile." It may appear with adverbs like spesso or sempre to emphasize repetition. Sputavamo can be contrasted with the passato prossimo form "abbiamo sputato," which denotes a completed action rather than an ongoing past activity.

See also: sputare, Italian verb conjugation, imperfect indicative. This entry covers sputavamo as a standard conjugation pattern rather than a separate lexical entry, illustrating how it expresses past ongoing activity within Italian syntax.