they put
Le pusieron las esposas y parece que ha terminado.
They put the handcuffs on him and it looks like he's done.
Le pusieron Robert, como su padre.
They named him Robert, after his father.
Le pusieron una buena nota en matemáticas.
He got a good grade in math.
Desde que le pusieron el aparato casi no la he visto sonreír.
Ever since she got braces, I’ve hardly seen her smile.
A Tom le pusieron un mote.
Tom was given a nickname.
Le pusieron ese nombre de niño.
They gave him that name when he was a child.
— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)
Mi padre era irlandés y le pusieron a trabajar a los once años.
My father was Irish and was put to work at the age of eleven.
— Uno de los nuestros (1990)