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ils pleuraient

were crying, were mourning

→ pleurer
pleur to cry, to weep + aient they imperfect tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #44,271
were crying
FR: Les enfants pleuraient après le départ de leur mère.
EN: The children were crying after their mother left.
were mourning
FR: Ils pleuraient la mort de leur ami.
EN: They were mourning their friend's death.
Conjugation of pleurer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pleurais —
Second pleurais —
Third pleurait pleuraient

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

While others mourned India’s bloody partition.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

Ils pleuraient chaudement, et moi, encore plus chaudement.

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

— Fight Club (1999)

Ils pleuraient la mort de leur père.

They were mourning the death of their father.

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)

D'autres pleuraient.

Others were crying.