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ellos llamaban

they called, they were calling

ʝ a ˈm a b a n → llamar
llam call + aban they imperfect
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Uncommon #18,855
they called, they were calling Imperfect tense (used for repeated/past ongoing actions).
SP: Antes me llamaban todos los días.
EN: Before, they called me every day.
Conjugation of llamar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First llamaba llamábamos
Second llamabas —
Third llamaba llamaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First llamaba llamábamos
Second llamabas —
Third llamaba llamaban
llamara

Y llamaban Marie a todas sus hijas.

And they called all their daughters Marie.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Sus amigos le llamaban Ted.

His friends called him Ted.

Así se llamaban.

That was their name.

— Mystic River (2003)

Me llamaban sa'nok.

They called me sa'nok.

— Avatar (2009)

Él era completamente negro y por lo tanto, lo llamaban Tango el Gato Negro.

He was completely black and therefore they called him Tango the Black Cat.

Los estudiantes lo llamaban Virus, virus de computadora.

The students called him Virus, computer virus.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Y como no me llamaban, me puse un poco nerviosa.

And since they weren’t calling me, I got a little nervous.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Así llamaban a mi vieja.

That’s what they used to call my old lady.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

Tom pudo oír que llamaban su nombre.

Tom could hear them calling his name.

Escuchamos que te llamaban.

We heard them calling you.

— A Silent Voice (2016)

Le llamaban Jimmy El Caballero.

They called him Jimmy the Gentleman.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Llamaban al Titanic el barco soñado.

They called the Titanic the dream ship.

— Titanic (1997)

Lo llamaban reformatorio.

They called it a reform school.

— Picnic (1955)

Me llamaban Beetlejuice.

They called me Beetlejuice.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)

Jimmy El Loro, lo llamaban así porque lo repetía todo dos veces.

Jimmy the Parrot, they called him that because he repeated everything twice.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Casi todos se llamaban Peter o Paul.

Almost all of them were named Peter or Paul.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Lo llamaban el Club Parricida.

They called it the Parricide Club.

— Asesinos (2015)

Oí cómo llamaban mi nombre.

I heard them calling my name.

Sounds similar to

llamabas ʝ a ˈm a b a s