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задержали

detained, arrested, delayed, held up

z ə dʲ ɪ r ʐ a lʲ ɪ → задержать
за begin, complete, or move into/behind + держ to hold (in one’s hands), to keep/maintain (a position or state) + а verb-forming suffix + ли past plural
verb · plural · past indicative Rare #26,591
detained, arrested Often used about police detaining someone.
RU: Полиция задержали подозреваемого.
EN: The police detained the suspect.
delayed, held up Used about something not happening on time (a train, flight, delivery, etc.).
RU: Поезд задержали на час.
EN: The train was delayed for an hour.
Conjugation of задержать
Indicative past
задержализадержалзадержала

Задержали не только Тома.

They detained more than just Tom.

Вы его задержали?

Did you detain him?

— Такси (1998)

Почему Вы задержали только иностранцев?

Why did you detain only foreigners?

Поезд задержали на час.

The train was delayed for an hour.

Меня задержали на несколько часов.

I was detained for several hours.

Мой рейс задержали.

My flight was delayed.