No. 14,326 in Spanish
vendían
"Vendían" means "they were selling" or "they used to sell."
In a sentence
En el mercado, ellos vendían frutas frescas cada mañana.
At the market, they sold fresh fruits every morning.
The verb 'vendían' is used in the imperfect tense to describe a habitual past action-distributing goods.
Antes, los comerciantes vendían sus productos en pequeñas carretas.
Before, the merchants sold their products in small carts.
The imperfect tense 'vendían' indicates a recurring past activity-selling items in a traditional manner.
Ellos vendían artículos que fabricaban artesanalmente.
They sold items that they crafted by hand.
Here, 'vendían' is used to express an ongoing action in the past-custom selling crafts.
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