iva

In a sentence

• El precio de esta comida incluye el IVA.

  The price of this meal includes VAT.

  Here, 'IVA' refers to the Value Added Tax, a common term in Spanish-speaking countries for sales tax.

• Iva a la tienda cuando empezó a llover.

  I was going to the store when it started to rain.

  In this case, 'Iva' is a form of the verb 'ir' in its imperfect tense used to describe an ongoing past action.

• Cuando iba/Iva al colegio, siempre jugaba en el parque.

  When I went to school, I always played in the park.

  Here 'Iva' is incorrectly capitalized and should be corrected to 'iba,' the first person singular imperfect tense of 'ir.' This serves as an example of a common capitalization error in informal writing.