visitavano

Visitavano is an Italian verb form. It represents the imperfect indicative mood for the third-person plural subject of the verb visitare, meaning to visit. In English, it corresponds to "they were visiting" or "they used to visit." The imperfect is used for past actions that were ongoing, habitual, or descriptive in the past.

Conjugation and form. From the infinitive visitare, the imperfect endings give the forms io visitavo, tu visitavi, lui/lei visitava, noi visitavamo, voi visitavate, loro visitavano. The specific form visitavano is used with a plural subject in the past narrative, typically referring to they.

Usage and nuance. Visitavano is common in spoken and written Italian and appears in narratives to set scenes, describe routines, or recount ongoing past activities. It contrasts with the passato prossimo, which marks completed past actions. The verb can be paired with time expressions like spesso (often), spesso visitavano i musei, oppure durante le vacanze they used to visit museums during vacations.

Example. A typical sentence is: "Visitavano spesso i musei durante le vacanze." This illustrates habitual past activity describing what they used to do regularly.

See also. visitare (to visit), imperfetto (imperfect mood), coniugazioni verbali (verb conjugations).