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davano

English translation: give

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Italian term or phrase:dare
English translation:give
Entered by: Deb Phillips (X)

17:24 Aug 25, 2002
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Italian term or phrase: davano
Di pane ce ne davano finché ne volevamo.

There was as much bread as we wished.

They gave us as much bread as we wished.

??

davano = ??

Not in my dictionary
Deb Phillips (X)
they gave us
Explanation:
The word is "dare" -- to give. You would have to look it up under the imperfect form, third person plural.

I have to say that I'm shocked you accepted a job from Italian into English when you can't conjugate the simplest verbs.
Sorry, but enough is enough.
Selected response from:

Catherine Bolton
Local time: 11:19
Grading comment
Hi! I guess I left myself open to that comment. I am working in rather difficult conditions and it is very loud,I realized one second after submitting the question that I knew what I was translating and had just been confused by all the racket. I had anticipated that anyone who saw the question would likely note that something was unusual about it but perhaps I ask too much faith. Abyway I don't think we are able to squash our own questions so I was stuck with it.
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5 +1they gave us
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they gave us


Explanation:
The word is "dare" -- to give. You would have to look it up under the imperfect form, third person plural.

I have to say that I'm shocked you accepted a job from Italian into English when you can't conjugate the simplest verbs.
Sorry, but enough is enough.

Catherine Bolton
Local time: 11:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1906
Grading comment
Hi! I guess I left myself open to that comment. I am working in rather difficult conditions and it is very loud,I realized one second after submitting the question that I knew what I was translating and had just been confused by all the racket. I had anticipated that anyone who saw the question would likely note that something was unusual about it but perhaps I ask too much faith. Abyway I don't think we are able to squash our own questions so I was stuck with it.

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agree  Elena Sgarbo (X): well said, Catherine....
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