loro scesero

went down, got off, descended

→ scendere
sces to go down, to descend + ero 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #40,967
went down, got off, descended Past historic form, common in written narratives; in everyday speech, the past tense is usually expressed differently.
IT: Dopo cena, scesero le scale.
EN: After dinner, they went down the stairs.
Conjugation of scendere
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First scesi —
Third scese scesero

Dalla scala scesero quattro uomini.

Four men came down the stairs.

Tom e Mary scesero dalle scale assieme.

Tom and Mary came down the stairs together.

Tom e Mary scesero entrambi dall'auto.

Tom and Mary both got out of the car.

Alla stazione successiva, quasi tutti scesero dal treno.

At the next station, almost everyone got off the train.

I miei ospiti scesero.

My guests came downstairs.