impararono

Impararono is a verb form in the Italian language. Specifically, it is the third-person plural, past historic (passato remoto) of the verb imparare. The verb imparare translates to "to learn" in English. Therefore, impararono means "they learned."

The past historic tense in Italian is typically used for actions that were completed in the distant past, often in narrative contexts like historical accounts or literature. While less common in everyday spoken Italian, which tends to favor the present perfect (passato prossimo) for most past events, the past historic remains important for formal writing and storytelling.

For example, in a sentence like "I bambini impararono a leggere presto," which translates to "The children learned to read early," impararono is used to describe a completed action in the past. The subject "i bambini" (the children) is plural, hence the third-person plural form of the verb.