плавали

swam, were swimming

p ɫ a v ə lʲ ɪ → плавать
плав to swim + а verb-forming suffix + ли past plural
verb · plural · past indicative Rare #29,476
swam, were swimming past tense, plural (also used for “used to swim” depending on context)
RU: Вчера мы плавали в бассейне.
EN: Yesterday we swam in the pool.
Conjugation of плавать
Indicative past
плавалплавали

Вы действительно вчера три часа плавали?

Did you really swim for three hours yesterday?

Мы плавали, пока не стемнело.

We swam until it got dark.

Голые мальчики плавали в реке.

Naked boys swam in the river.

С кем вы плавали?

Who did you swim with?

Вы плавали?

Have you been swimming?

Мы плавали, мы курили.

We swam, we smoked.

— Париж, я люблю тебя (2006)

Мы никогда не плавали нагишом.

We never swam naked.

— Академия Рашмор (1998)

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