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ellos reían

(they) laughed, (they) were laughing

→ reír
reí laugh + an they/you all imperfect
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #38,087
(they) laughed, (they) were laughing Imperfect past tense (third person plural).
SP: Cuando contabas esa historia, todos reían.
EN: When you told that story, everyone laughed.
Conjugation of reír
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First reía —
Third reía reían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First reía —
Third reía reían

Cuando entré a la habitación, Tom y María se reían de algo.

When I entered the room, Tom and Maria were laughing about something.

Todos en el vecindario se reían mucho entonces.

Everyone in the neighborhood laughed a lot then.

— Dos hermanas (2003)

Los otros niños se reían.

The other children were laughing.

Algunos conductores reían y gritaban.

Some drivers were laughing and shouting.

Le reían todas sus gracias.

They laughed at all his jokes.

No es nada, abuela, se reían del italiano.

It's nothing, Grandma, they were laughing at the Italian.

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)