ellos callaron

(they) were quiet, (they) fell silent

→ callar
call to be quiet, to keep quiet, to silence + aron 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #45,738
(they) were quiet, (they) fell silent Simple past (pretérito): used for a completed action in the past.
SP: Cuando entró el profesor, todos callaron.
EN: When the teacher came in, everyone fell silent.
Conjugation of callar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third calló callaron

Se callaron de repente.

They suddenly fell silent.

Los niños de repente se callaron.

The children suddenly fell silent.

Se callaron.

They fell silent.

Ellos callaron al testigo con un soborno.

They silenced the witness with a bribe.