ellos portaron

behaved

→ portar

port to carry + aron 3rd-person plural preterite

verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #54,261

behaved In this meaning, it is normally used with se.

SP: Los niños se portaron bien en la escuela.

EN: The children behaved well at school.

Conjugation of portar

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
Third	—	portaron

The boys behaved very badly.

They behaved themselves!

— Такси-блюз (1990)

How did the children behave?

— Los Visitantes (1993)

The police behaved very aggressively.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)