"Ele abria a garrafa."

Translation: He opened the bottle.

[Davu]

The translation I was shown was "He opened the bottle" I've reported it as wrong; is there any chance I'm wrong instead?

[Paulenrique]

it seems like the action is over in the past. (opened = abriu - 1st sing person) "abria" sounds more progressive,so "he was opening..." and "he used to open...", "he would open" (if we have a context) sound better. :)

[Davu]

Thanks Paulo. I'm doing the "Verbs: Past Imperfect" skill and was particularly confused by this sentence translated as simple past.

[stuinbrazil]

I'm on my 3rd attempt at completing this exercise, only because of really inconsistent accepted answers. He 'would' open the bottle in a certain situation. He 'used to open' the bottle in a certain situation. He 'opened' the bottle.... If this tense CAN mean any one of the 3, surely ALL should be accepted ?

[Paulenrique]

i dont think "opened" works properly...