This is the 7494th most frequent Catalan word.
ava
Grandmother.
The word 'ava' is part of the verb 'arribava,' which is the third-person singular past imperfect tense of 'arribar'. In this sentence, it denotes an ongoing or habitual past action.
Quan arribava sempre es quedava mirant la posta de sol.
When he/she/they arrived, he/she/they always stayed watching the sunset.
Here, 'ava' appears in 'esperava' and 'arribava.' Both are verbs in past imperfect tense, describing ongoing actions in the past.
S'esperava a la parada fins que arribava l'autobús.
He/she/they waited at the stop until the bus arrived.
In this example, 'ava' is in 'esperava,' the past imperfect form of 'esperar,' showing an action or state that occurred over an indefinite time in the past.