odgrywali

Odgrywali is the third-person plural past tense form of the Polish verb odgrywać. It denotes the act of performing, enacting, or portraying something in the past, typically referring to actors portraying roles or people reenacting scenes. As an imperfective verb, odgrywać describes ongoing or repeated past actions rather than a single completed event, though the past tense situates them in a definite time frame.

The verb odgrywać is formed with a prefix od- attached to the root related to gry- from grać (to play, perform). The past tense form odgrywali follows standard Polish patterns for masculine personal plural, agreeing with subjects such as aktorzy or zespół, and its feminine or neuter counterparts would use different endings (odgrywały, odgrywało).

In usage, odgrywali commonly appears in discussions of theatre, film, literature, and narration to describe how groups of people performed or depicted scenes, characters, or events in the past. Examples: W sztuce odgrywali główne role. Na zajęciach odgrywali sceny z powieści. These constructions emphasize portrayal or enactment rather than merely stating a fact, and they illustrate how a collective subject undertook specific performances.

See also: odgrywać, odgrywanie, rola, aktor.