llamaban

called, they called


Verb llamaban

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) imperfect indicative form of llamar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural imperfect indicative form of llamar.

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Examples
  • Se dice que los portugueses llamaban a las Filipinas de "Ilhas do Oriente".

    It's said that the Portuguese called the Philippines "Ilhas do Oriente".

  • Él era completamente negro y por lo tanto, lo llamaban Tango el Gato Negro.

    He was completely black and was therefore called Tango the Black Cat.

  • Sus amigos le llamaban Ted.

    He was called Ted by his friends.

  • Oí cómo llamaban mi nombre.

    I heard my name called.

  • En los años cincuenta, las madres canadienses que regañaban a sus hijos les llamaban por sus nombres completos.

    In the 1950s, Canadian mothers, who scolded their children, called them by their full names.

  • ¿Cómo llamaban a la chica?

    What was the girl called?

  • Ellos los llamaban scalawags.

    They called them scalawags.

  • Mi padre, mi abuelo, mi bisabuelo y mi tatarabuelo se llamaban como yo.

    My father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had the same name as I have.

  • Tom pudo oír que llamaban su nombre.

    Tom could hear his name being called.


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