ellos contrataron

they hired

→ contratar
contrat hire; contract + aron 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #27,203
they hired
SP: Contrataron a una nueva profesora de inglés.
EN: They hired a new English teacher.
Conjugation of contratar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First contraté —
Third contrató contrataron

Me contrataron como tu mujer para controlarte.

I was hired as your wife to keep an eye on you.

Contrataron a otra persona.

They hired someone else.

Me contrataron para hacer un trabajo.

I was hired to do a job.

Tom quería el trabajo, pero no lo contrataron.

Tom wanted the job, but they didn’t hire him.

Te contrataron cuando estabas bien, ahora todo es distinto.

They hired you when you were doing well; now everything is different.

— Amores perros (2000)

Ellos no contrataron al candidato feo.

They didn't hire the ugly candidate.

Se contrataron detectives privados para investigar el caso extraño.

Private detectives were hired to investigate the strange case.

Me contrataron para encontrarlos.

They hired me to find them.

No puedo, me contrataron para hallar a Snowflake.

I can't, I was hired to find Snowflake.

— Ace Ventura, un detective diferente (1994)

Me contrataron tan pronto como me gradué de la escuela secundaria.

I was hired as soon as I graduated from high school.

— No hay otra opción (2025)