ellos gritaban

were shouting, were yelling

→ gritar
grit shout + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #45,725
were shouting, were yelling
SP: En el estadio, gritaban muy fuerte.
EN: In the stadium, they were shouting very loudly.
Conjugation of gritar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First gritaba —
Third gritaba gritaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First gritaba —
Third gritaba gritaban

No oímos lo que gritaban y no pudimos ayudarles.

We didn't hear what they were shouting and we couldn't help them.

— Aguirre, la cólera de Dios (1972)

Algunos conductores reían y gritaban.

Some drivers were laughing and shouting.

Gritaban.

They were shouting.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)