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ils pleuraient

were crying, were weeping

→ pleurer
pleur to cry + aient they were ...ing (imperfect past)
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #38,837
were crying, were weeping
FR: Les enfants pleuraient parce qu'ils avaient perdu leur ballon.
EN: The children were crying because they had lost their ball.
Conjugation of pleurer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third pleurait pleuraient

Ils pleuraient la mort de leur père.

They were mourning the death of their father.

Tandis que d'autres pleuraient la partition sanglante de l'Inde.

While others mourned India’s bloody partition.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

Ils pleuraient.

They were crying.

— Épouses et Concubines (1991)

Beaucoup pleuraient en faisant leur don.

Many were crying as they made their donations.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Ils pleuraient chaudement, et moi, encore plus chaudement.

They were crying bitterly, and I, even more bitterly.

— Fight Club (1999)

D'autres pleuraient.

Others were crying.