tropeçavam
Tropeçavam is a Portuguese word that translates to "they stumbled" or "they used to stumble" in English. It is the third-person plural imperfect indicative form of the verb tropeçar, which means to stumble, trip, or falter. The imperfect tense in Portuguese is used to describe ongoing, habitual, or incomplete actions in the past, as well as to set a scene or describe conditions.
Therefore, "tropeçavam" suggests a repeated or continuous action of stumbling in the past. For instance, one