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eles telefonaram

called, phoned

→ telefonar
telefon to call, to phone + ar Infinitive + am 3rd-person plural past
verb · past tense / pluperfect tense, 3rd-person plural Rare #41,376
called, phoned Refers to more than one person.
PO: Eles telefonaram ontem.
EN: They called yesterday.
Conjugation of telefonar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First telefonei —
Third telefonou telefonaram
Indicative pluperfect
SingularPlural
Third — telefonaram

Telefonaram e estava ocupado.

They called, but the line was busy.

— Segunda-Feira ao Sol (2002)

Quando telefonaram?

When did they call?

— Investigação sobre um Cidadão Acima de Qualquer Suspeita (1970)

Eles me telefonaram pedindo para ir ao hospital.

They called me, asking me to go to the hospital.

— Preso na Escuridão (1997)

Seus amigos do jornal de Moscou telefonaram.

His friends from the Moscow newspaper called.

— Meu Amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)