ellos comprenden

understand

→ comprender
comprend to understand + en 3rd-person plural present (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · third plural · present indicative Rare #26,937
understand Third-person plural (they/you all) present tense of “comprender”.
SP: Ellos no comprenden la pregunta.
EN: They don’t understand the question.
Conjugation of comprender
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First comprendo comprendemos
Second comprendes —
Third comprende comprenden
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First comprendo comprendemos
Second comprendes —
Third comprende comprenden

Les hablas de derechos civiles, y no te comprenden.

You talk to them about civil rights, and they don't understand you.

No comprenden náhuatl.

They don't understand Nahuatl.

Mis padres no me comprenden.

My parents don't understand me.

Ellos no comprenden lo que hacen.

They don't understand what they're doing.

— Solaris (1972)

Ustedes no comprenden.

You don't understand.

Las cosas más hermosas de la vida son las que no se comprenden.

The most beautiful things in life are those that are not understood.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Las vamos a ver hablando con Hatuey y cómo comprenden, que no hay otra solución.

We’re going to see them talking to Hatuey and realizing that there’s no other solution.

— También la lluvia (2011)

Sí, pero ya no comprenden a Rumanía.

Yes, but they no longer understand Romania.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Vendrán a Iowa por razones que no comprenden.

They will come to Iowa for reasons they do not understand.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Los amigos se comprenden.

Friends understand each other.

Nos comprenden.

They understand us.