This is the 3213th most frequent Portuguese word.
dava
"Dava" is the imperfect tense of the verb "dar," meaning "used to give" or "would give" in English.
Indicates an action in the past performed habitually or repeatedly.
Ele me dava aulas de música todas as semanas.
He gave me music lessons every week.
Shows a hypothetical past scenario within a conditional sentence.
Se você tivesse pedido, eu dava a resposta certa.
If you had asked, I would have given the correct answer.
Conveys a characteristic or occurrence in the past that had a lasting effect.