ellos dividieron

divided

→ dividir
divid divide, split + ieron 3rd person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #43,030
divided Simple past (preterite), third-person plural (they/you all).
SP: Ellos dividieron la cuenta en dos partes.
EN: They divided the bill into two parts.
Conjugation of dividir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — dividimos
Third dividió dividieron

Los estudiantes se dividieron en tres grupos.

The students were divided into three groups.

Nuestra casa la dividieron en apartamentos.

Our house was divided into apartments.

— Mystic River (2003)

Los rusos dividieron el país con Occidente, como hicimos con Polonia.

The Russians divided the country with the West, just as we did with Poland.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Tom y Mary se dividieron el dinero entre sí.

Tom and Mary divided the money between themselves.

Se dividieron en grupos de cinco personas.

They divided into groups of five people.