ellos nacieron

were born

→ nacer
nac be born + ieron 3rd person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #23,814
were born Simple past (pretérito) form of "nacer" for "they" (also used for formal "you all" in Latin America).
SP: Mis abuelos nacieron en México.
EN: My grandparents were born in Mexico.
Conjugation of nacer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First nací nacimos
Second naciste —
Third nació nacieron

Algunos nacieron aquí, pero igual.

Some were born here, but it makes no difference.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

No nacieron para ser honestos.

They weren't born to be honest.

— El maquinista (2004)

Jim y él nacieron el mismo año.

Jim and he were born in the same year.

Adonde nacieron sus padres.

Where their parents were born.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Nacieron de nuevo.

They were born again.

— El prisionero de las montañas (1996)

Ya nacieron las cebollas.

The onions have already sprouted.

Ochenta niños nacieron el primer año.

Eighty children were born in the first year.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Los padres de Tom nacieron fuera de Canadá.

Tom's parents were born outside Canada.

Los hermanos nacieron con doce años de diferencia.

The brothers were born twelve years apart.

No, nuestros hijos nacieron el mismo día.

No, our children were born on the same day.

— La sirena (2016)

El día en que tú naciste, cariño, ese día nacieron todas mis penas.

The day you were born, my love, that day all my sorrows were born.

Ustedes no saben precisamente dónde nacieron.

You don't know exactly where you were born.

Aunque los padres eran muy distintos, los dos nacieron locos.

Although their parents were very different, both were born crazy.

— La piel que habito (2011)