ellos permitieron

allowed, permitted

→ permitir
permit to allow, to permit + ieron 3rd person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #36,948
allowed, permitted Simple past (pretérito), third-person plural: “they allowed/permitted.”
SP: Les permitieron entrar al museo.
EN: They allowed them to enter the museum.
Conjugation of permitir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First permití permitimos
Third permitió permitieron

Significa que no le permitieron volver a jugar.

It means they didn't allow him to play again.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

A Iván no le permitieron ni que me conociera.

Iván wasn't even allowed to meet me.

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

No me permitieron hacer las cosas que quería.

They didn't allow me to do the things I wanted.

Mis padres no me permitieron volver a ver a Tom.

My parents didn’t allow me to see Tom again.

Las circunstancias no me permitieron ir al extranjero.

Circumstances did not allow me to go abroad.

Y algunos, no las permitieron luchar.

And some did not allow them to fight.

— Dangal (2016)

Permitieron que el paciente subiera.

They allowed the patient to go upstairs.