No. 11,665 in Spanish
funcionaban
"Funcionaban" means "they worked" or "they functioned."
In a sentence
Los viejos relojes funcionaban perfectamente antes.
The old watches used to work perfectly before.
Funcionarían indicates past habitual action, describing that the watches used to work properly.
Las máquinas no funcionaban debido a la falta de energía eléctrica.
The machines were not working due to the lack of electrical power.
Funcionarían here conveys an ongoing past state where the machines were inoperable.
Siempre nos contaban cómo funcionaban las cosas antiguamente.
They always used to tell us how things worked in the past.
Funcionarían is used in a reflective context to discuss how things operated historically.
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