tancava

In a sentence

• L'home tancava la porta perquè feia fred.

  The man was closing the door because it was cold.

  Here, 'tancava' is used as the past imperfect form of 'to close', describing an ongoing or habitual action in the past.

• Quan era petit, sempre tancava els seus llibres abans de sopar.

  When he was small, he used to always close his books before dinner.

  'Tancava' here conveys a habitual action performed in the past, demonstrating repeated behavior.

• La botiga tancava a les vuit del vespre.

  The store was closing at eight in the evening.

  In this context, 'tancava' describes a scheduled or habitual activity that occurred routinely in the past.