loro urlavano

were shouting, were yelling

→ urlare
url to shout, to scream + ava imperfect tense + no 3rd person plural imperfect past
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #45,011
were shouting, were yelling Often louder and more forceful than “shout”; it can also mean “were screaming.”
IT: I bambini urlavano nel cortile.
EN: The children were shouting in the courtyard.
Conjugation of urlare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third urlava urlavano

C'erano insegnanti che urlavano.

There were teachers shouting.

E tutte le persone che gli urlavano, un casino.

And all the people shouting at him—it was chaos.

— The Way He Looks (2014)

Urlavano.

They were screaming.