Stavano dormendo. Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English Italian Learn were stavano Learn sleeping dormendo Learn Summary The Italian translation for “They were sleeping.” is Stavano dormendo.. The Italian, Stavano dormendo., can be broken down into 2 parts:"were" (stavano) and "sleeping" (dormendo). Practice Lesson "They were sleeping." Practice (3) Lesson Learn Lesson words sleeping, were etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases They were sleeping. etc. View all lesson phrases Acknowledgements English source https://lingopolo.org/spanish/word/they-were-sleeping Audio Google text-to-speech