funcionaba

it worked, worked

Verb funcionaba

First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of funcionar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of funcionar.

Examples

¿Por qué no funciona eso? Ayer funcionaba.

Why isn't that working? It worked yesterday.

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El reloj funcionaba, pero la alarma no había sonado.

The clock was working, but the alarm had not gone off.

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Tom explicó como funcionaba el sistema.

Tom explained how the system worked.

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El sistema funcionaba bien.

The system worked well.

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La manguera no funcionaba.

The hose didn't work.

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No pude llamarte; el teléfono no funcionaba.

I couldn't call you; the telephone was out of order.

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