falaram

Falaram is the third-person plural form of the Portuguese verb falar in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo, used to express a completed act of speaking by eles, elas, or vocês. The verb falar means to speak or to talk and is a regular -ar verb. Its pretérito perfeito conjugation illustrates the standard endings for this tense: eu falei, tu falaste, você/ele/ela falou, nós falamos, vós falastes (Portugal), vocês/eles/elas falaram.

In use, falaram typically appears in narrative or reported speech to indicate that a group spoke at a specific time in the past. It is common in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, though regional preferences may influence surrounding constructions or pronouns.

Examples:

- Eles falaram com o gerente ontem.

- Vocês falaram sobre o relatório na reunião?

Distinctions worth noting include how the same verb forms shift with different tenses for other subjects and the existence of related forms such as o pretérito imperfeito (falavam) and o futuro do subjuntivo (falarem). Falaram thus fits into standard past-tense narration and is one of the core past tense forms essential for describing spoken actions in Portuguese.

See also: falar, pretérito perfeito, conjugações de verbos -ar, português.