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ils crurent

believed

→ croire
cru believe, think + rent they past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #49,216
believed A literary/simple-past form; in everyday spoken French, the passé composé is more common.
FR: Ils crurent son histoire.
EN: They believed his story.
Conjugation of croire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First crus —
Second crus —
Third crut crurent

Au début, ils ne le crurent pas.

At first, they didn't believe him.

Ils le crurent mort.

They thought he was dead.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Les soldats Chu crurent que Han occupait leur pays.

The Chu soldiers believed that Han was occupying their country.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)

Elles ne me crurent pas.

They didn't believe me.