ellos contrataron

hired

→ contratar
contrat to hire, to employ + aron 3rd-person plural preterite
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Uncommon #26,537
hired
SP: Me contrataron para trabajar en una tienda.
EN: They hired me to work in a store.
Conjugation of contratar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First contraté contratamos
Second contrataste —
Third contrató contrataron

Contrataron a otra persona.

They hired someone else.

Te contrataron cuando estabas bien, ahora todo es distinto.

They hired you when you were doing well; now everything is different.

— Amores perros (2000)

Me contrataron tan pronto como me gradué de la escuela secundaria.

I was hired as soon as I graduated from high school.

— La única opción (2025)

Se contrataron detectives privados para investigar el caso extraño.

Private detectives were hired to investigate the strange case.

Me contrataron como tu mujer para controlarte.

I was hired as your wife to keep an eye on you.

Contrataron a un maestro.

They hired a teacher.

Ellos no contrataron al candidato feo.

They didn't hire the ugly candidate.

Me contrataron para encontrarlos.

They hired me to find them.

Tom quería el trabajo, pero no lo contrataron.

Tom wanted the job, but they didn’t hire him.

Ellas contrataron a un maestro.

They hired a teacher.

No sabemos dónde los contrataron, quién los contrató ni nada.

We don't know where they were hired, who hired them, or anything.

Me contrataron para hacer un trabajo.

I was hired to do a job.

No puedo, me contrataron para hallar a Snowflake.

I can't, I was hired to find Snowflake.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)