No. 11,066 in Catalan
sospitaven
"They suspected."
In a sentence
Els veïns sospitaven que algú estava entrant a casa seva durant la nit.
The neighbors suspected that someone was entering their house during the night.
The verb 'sospitaven' is used to express a third-person plural imperfect action, suggesting ongoing suspicion in the past.
Sospitaven que els resultats no eren correctes.
They suspected that the results were not correct.
The verb 'sospitaven' conveys past suspicion without certainty regarding the accuracy of the results.
Els investigadors sospitaven la implicació d'un grup organitzat en els robatoris.
The investigators suspected the involvement of an organized group in the robberies.
In this context, 'sospitaven' again conveys an action taken in the past where the subjects assumed or hypothesized a particular scenario.
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