No. 8,218 in Catalan
deixaven
"Deixaven" means "they left" or "they allowed" in English, referring to the third-person plural imperfect tense of "deixar."
In a sentence
Els nens deixaven les joguines al pati després de jugar.
The children were leaving the toys in the yard after playing.
In this sentence, 'deixaven' is used in an imperfect form to indicate a habitual or ongoing action in the past.
Quan els pares no hi eren, deixaven les llums enceses tota l'estona.
When the parents were not around, they left the lights on all the time.
'Deixaven' here expresses an action of allowing or keeping something in a specific state, occurring in the past.
Els soldats deixaven enrere les seves cases per anar a la guerra.
The soldiers left their homes behind to go to war.
'Deixaven' in this context denotes the act of leaving or abandoning something as part of a significant action in the past.
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