Cumplían
Cumplían is the imperfect indicative, third-person plural form of the Spanish verb cumplir. It expresses actions in the past that were ongoing, habitual, or not framed as a single completed event. In English, it corresponds to "they fulfilled" or "they were fulfilling," depending on context.
The form is used to describe past routines or repeated actions: por ejemplo, "cumplían con sus deberes
Cumplir is a regular verb in the imperfect tense for the ending -ían, with the stem "cumpl-":
Cumplir comes from the Latin verb complere (to fill up, complete), transmitted through Vulgar Latin and Old
- Cumplían las normas establecidas
- Siempre cumplían con los plazos
En resumen, cumplían es una forma verbal de uso general en narraciones y descripciones pasadas que