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ellos dormían

were sleeping, used to sleep

→ dormir
dorm to sleep + ían they were (imperfect)
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #35,822
were sleeping, used to sleep
SP: Los niños dormían cuando llegué.
EN: The children were sleeping when I arrived.
Conjugation of dormir
SingularPlural
Second dormirte —
dormirdormirsedormirme
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First dormía dormíamos
Second dormías —
Third dormía dormían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First dormía dormíamos
Second dormías —
Third dormía dormían

Si quedamos que la dormían.

We agreed they were putting her to sleep.

— El cuaderno de Tomy (2020)

Dormían en habitaciones separadas hasta que estuvieran casados.

They slept in separate rooms until they were married.

Ustedes dormían.

You were asleep.

Todos los camaradas dormían.

All the comrades were asleep.

Hicieron como que dormían.

They pretended to be asleep.

Los hijos de Dan dormían en el piso de arriba.

Dan’s children were sleeping upstairs.

Tanto Tom como Mary murieron mientras dormían.

Both Tom and Mary died in their sleep.

Ellas dormían en la misma cama.

They slept in the same bed.

Dormían.

They were sleeping.