This is the 10201st most frequent Catalan word.
penjava
"Penjava" means "hung" or "was hanging" in English.
Here, 'penjava' is used as the third-person singular of the imperfect tense of the verb 'penjar,' meaning 'to hang.' It indicates an action that was ongoing in the past.
Ella penjava el quadre a la paret.
She was hanging the painting on the wall.
In this sentence, 'penjava' represents a simultaneous action in the past, using the imperfect tense to set the scene for ongoing past activities.
Mentre ell arreglava coses, jo penjava la roba.
While he was fixing things, I was hanging the clothes.
'Penjava' conveys a habitual or repeated action in the past timeframe, reflecting the grammatical use of the imperfect tense.