variavano

Variavano is an inflected form of the Italian verb variare, used in the imperfect indicative to describe past, ongoing variation. It translates roughly as they varied or they were varying, and it is typically found in narrative or descriptive prose to indicate fluctuations over time.

Morphology and etymology: Variare belongs to the first conjugation in Italian (verbs ending in -are). The imperfect third-person plural form is built by taking the stem vari- and adding the standard imperfect plural ending -avano, yielding variavano. The form is used with a plural subject and does not stand alone as a noun; it functions as a finite verb.

Usage: Variavano signals ongoing or habitual variation in past contexts. It is commonly used when reporting changing data, shifting opinions, fluctuating conditions, or mode of behaviour across a period. The form can appear in formal or informal registers and often appears with temporal markers or comparative phrases.

Examples: Le temperature variavano tra 15 e 22 gradi durante la settimana. I prezzi variavano da fornitore a fornitore, rendendo difficile fare una scelta rapida. In literary prose, si può dire: Le opzioni variavano a seconda delle condizioni del mercato.

See also: variare, imperfetto indicativo, coniugazione italiana. Variavano is one of several forms that illustrate how Italian verbs express past variation, complementing present-tense forms like variano and past-perfect forms with auxiliary verbs.