ellos continuaron

continued

→ continuar
continu to continue, to keep going + aron they preterite
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #48,252
continued third-person plural (they) in the past (preterite)
SP: Después del descanso, continuaron la reunión.
EN: After the break, they continued the meeting.
Conjugation of continuar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First continué continuamos
Third continuó continuaron

Ellos continuaron discutiendo durante horas.

They continued arguing for hours.

Continuaron corriendo.

They continued running.

Todos continuaron sirviendo al ejército británico.

They all continued to serve in the British army.

— Kajaki (2014)

Tomás y María continuaron siendo buenos amigos.

Tomás and María continued to be good friends.