This is the 11533rd most frequent Catalan word.
votaven
"Votaven" means "they were voting" or "they voted" in English.
Here, 'votaven' is used as a third-person plural form of the imperfect indicative tense, describing a habitual action in the past.
Els ciutadans votaven en les eleccions cada quatre anys.
The citizens voted in the elections every four years.
'Votaven' is used to express a continuous action in the past, where the act of voting took place over a period.
Durant l'assemblea, molts votaven a favor de la proposta.
During the assembly, many voted in favor of the proposal.
In this context, 'votaven' highlights simultaneous actions occurring in the past.