Translation of "Funcionaba" in English

¿Y cómo funcionaba?

So how did it work?

El sistema funcionaba bien.

The system worked well.

La manguera no funcionaba.

The hose didn't work.

El ascensor no funcionaba.

- The elevator was not working.
- The elevator wasn't working.

¡Funcionaba! Casi siempre dejaba de contar,

And it worked, most of the time I stopped counting,

Y funcionaba. Él se sentía genial.

And, it worked. He felt great.

Quería saber si el ejercicio funcionaba.

I wanted to find out if I could get the exercise to work.

Era una mentalidad que me funcionaba.

It was a mindset that served me well

Tom explicó como funcionaba el sistema.

Tom explained how the system worked.

No pude llamarte; el teléfono no funcionaba.

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

¿Por qué no funciona eso? Ayer funcionaba.

Why isn't that working? It worked yesterday.

Cuando estábamos estresados, y de alguna manera funcionaba.

whenever we were stressed, and it kind of worked.

Eso funcionaba a principios de los años 2000.

That worked in the early 2000s.

Para mi, todo el mundo funcionaba mediante factores externos.

The way I saw things, the entire world operated solely based on external factors.

El reloj funcionaba, pero la alarma no había sonado.

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

Siempre me fascinó la manera en que el mundo funcionaba.

I was always fascinated with how the world worked exactly how it did.

Encontraron que, con algunos cambios, la jerarquía de color aún funcionaba.

They found that with some tweaks, the color hierarchy still checked out.

No funcionaba ninguna luz del alumbrado público en todo el país.

and there was one functioning streetlight in the nation.

Y no solo no le funcionaba, sino que la predisponía al fracaso.

and this not only didn't work for her, but it set her up for failure.

Y a pesar de que la relación no era perfecta, en teoría funcionaba.

and while our relationship wasn't perfect, it worked in theory.