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ellos llamaron

they called, they knocked (on the door)

ʝ a ˈm a ɾ o n → llamar
llam call + aron 3rd-person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Common #7,711
they called
SP: Me llamaron ayer por la noche.
EN: They called me last night.
they knocked (on the door) In Spanish, “llamar” can also mean to knock, especially in the phrase “llamar a la puerta”.
SP: Llamaron a la puerta, pero no había nadie en casa.
EN: They knocked on the door, but there was nobody home.
Conjugation of llamar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First llamé llamamos
Second llamaste —
Third llamó llamaron

Ellos llamaron a su perro Rex.

They named their dog Rex.

Nos llamaron a pelear.

They called us to fight.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Llamaron al bebé Momotarou.

They named the baby Momotarou.

A mí no me llamaron.

They didn't call me.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

A la niña la llamaron Sofía como su abuela.

The girl was named Sofia after her grandmother.

Ellos los llamaron traidores.

They called them traitors.

Estos detalles llamaron mi atención.

These details caught my attention.

Los vecinos llamaron a la Policía.

The neighbors called the police.

Llamaron a su hija Helen.

They named their daughter Helen.

Señor Shelby, ¿lo llamaron?

Mr. Shelby, did they call you?

— Peaky Blinders: El hombre inmortal (2026)

Ellos llamaron al bebé Momotarou.

They named the baby Momotarou.

Lo llamaron toda la noche.

They called him all night long.

— Lazzaro feliz (2018)

Llamaron del colegio.

They called from the school.

— A Silent Voice (2016)

Los niños estaban durmiendo cuando sus abuelos les llamaron.

The children were sleeping when their grandparents called them.

Los padres llamaron a su bebé Akira.

The parents named their baby Akira.

Hasta el día en que murió lo llamaron mentiroso.

Until the day he died they called him a liar.

— El castillo en el cielo (1986)

Llamaron a la ambulancia.

They called the ambulance.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Ellos llamaron a su hijo Thomas.

They named their son Thomas.

Ya llamaron al viejo Hsiao.

They already called old Hsiao.

— Deseo, peligro (2007)

Llamaron a su perro Rex.

They named their dog Rex.

Ellos llamaron pirata al presidente Roosevelt.

They called President Roosevelt a pirate.

Llamaron.

They called.

Al entrar a la casa, dos cosas le llamaron la atención.

Upon entering the house, two things caught his attention.

No pudo, hubo una alarma y lo llamaron.

He couldn't; there was an alarm and they called him.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

Y la llamaron Amargura.

And they called her Bitterness.

— Greenland: El último refugio (2020)

Tom y Mary tuvieron un niño y lo llamaron Tom Junior.

Tom and Mary had a baby boy and named him Tom Junior.

Te llamaron.

They called you.

Llamaron a la puerta y dijeron que habían venido a arrestarlo.

They knocked on the door and said they had come to arrest him.

Ellos lo llamaron una masacre.

They called it a massacre.

Ellos llamaron a sus gatos Tom y Jerry.

They named their cats Tom and Jerry.

Lo llamaron Horatio como a su tío.

They named him Horatio, after his uncle.

Llamaron al mismo testigo al tribunal.

They called the same witness to court.

A su hijo le llamaron Eduardo.

They named their son Eduardo.

Ellos le llamaron cobarde.

They called him a coward.

Llamaron a Paula por asuntos urgentes.

Paula was called in for urgent matters.

Ellos llamaron a su bebé Jane.

They named their baby Jane.

Llamaron a su hijo John.

They named their son John.

Tom y Mary llamaron a su bebé John.

Tom and Mary named their baby John.

¿Puedes creerlo? Me llamaron para la entrevista final.

Can you believe it? They called me for the final interview.

Ellos llamaron al perro Rocky.

They named the dog Rocky.

Llamaron sus amigos del periódico de Moscú.

His friends from the Moscow newspaper called.

— Mi amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Surgieron problemas en el restaurante y lo llamaron.

Problems arose at the restaurant, and they called him.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Ellos la llamaron Jane.

They called her Jane.

Cielos, ¿por qué no llamaron al ejército o a la policía?

Good heavens, why didn't they call the army or the police?

— The Host (2006)

Llamaron a la policía.

They called the police.

Ellos lo llamaron traidor.

They called him a traitor.