No. 10,110 in Catalan
pagàvem
"Pagàvem" means "we were paying" or "we used to pay" in English.
In a sentence
Quan érem joves, pagàvem l'entrada del cinema amb diners que estalviàvem.
When we were young, we used to pay for the cinema entrance with money we saved.
The word 'pagàvem' is used here to express a habitual action in the past, indicating something that was done regularly or customarily.
Sempre pagàvem a temps les factures d'electricitat.
We always paid the electricity bills on time.
This illustrates a repeated past action emphasizing reliability or habitual punctuality.
Fins l'any passat, nosaltres pagàvem els nostres deutes sense problemes.
Until last year, we used to pay our debts without issues.
This usage underlines a continuous or ongoing state in the past where payments were successfully managed.
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