No. 3,742 in Catalan
afectava
"Was affecting" or "affected."
In a sentence
L'incident afectava el trànsit del centre de la ciutat.
The incident affected the traffic in the city center.
In this sentence, 'afectava' is used in the past imperfect tense to describe an ongoing effect that the incident had on the city's traffic at a certain time in the past.
El canvi d'horari afectava la rutina diària dels empleats.
The schedule change affected the daily routine of the employees.
Here, 'afectava' demonstrates how the schedule change caused an impact on the employees' routine. It emphasizes the effect as an ongoing situation in the past.
Els errors en els càlculs afectaven la precisió dels resultats finals.
The errors in calculations were affecting the accuracy of the final results.
In this case, 'afectaven' (plural form matching the plural subject) is used to indicate an ongoing impact from calculation errors on the accuracy of results during a past scenario.
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