No. 3,123 in Catalan
pensaven
"Pensaven" means "they thought" in English.
In a sentence
Els alumnes pensaven que l'examen seria difícil.
The students thought that the exam would be difficult.
The word 'pensaven' is used in an imperfect tense to describe a past habitual or ongoing thought of the students.
Quan eren petits, sempre pensaven en viatjar pel món.
When they were little, they always thought about traveling the world.
Here, 'pensaven' is used to express a continuous or habitual mental activity in the past.
Abans de començar el projecte, pensaven que seria impossible d'acabar-lo.
Before starting the project, they thought that it would be impossible to finish it.
In this sentence, 'pensaven' is indicating the past belief or assumption before a particular event happened.
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