llamaban
called, they called
Verb llamaban
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Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) imperfect indicative form of llamar.
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(used formally in Spain) Second-person plural imperfect indicative form of llamar.
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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".
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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.
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Sus amigos le llamaban Ted.
He was called Ted by his friends.
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Oí cómo llamaban mi nombre.
I heard my name called.
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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.
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¿Cómo llamaban a la chica?
What was the girl called?
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Ellos los llamaban scalawags.
They called them scalawags.
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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.
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Tom pudo oír que llamaban su nombre.
Tom could hear his name being called.
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