ellos gritaban

were shouting, were yelling

→ gritar
grit shout + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #45,512
were shouting, were yelling
SP: En el estadio, gritaban muy fuerte.
EN: In the stadium, they were shouting very loudly.
Conjugation of gritar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First gritaba
Third gritaba gritaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First gritaba
Third gritaba gritaban

No oímos lo que gritaban y no pudimos ayudarles.

We didn't hear what they were shouting and we couldn't help them.

— Aguirre, la cólera de Dios (1972)

Gritaban.

They were shouting.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Algunos conductores reían y gritaban.

Some drivers were laughing and shouting.