WERE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of were in English

(Definition of were from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of were from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
 

Translations of were

in Chinese (Traditional)
(be 的過去式)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(be 的过去式)…
in Spanish
pasado simple de "be" con "you", "we", "they"…
in Portuguese
passado de "be", usado com "you", "we" e "they"…
in more languages
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in Catalan
in Arabic
in Korean
in Italian
“are” の過去形, “we are” の短縮形…
passat de “be” amb “you”, “we” i “they”, forma abreujada de “we are”…
الفِعل الماضي مِن be, اِخْتِصار we are…
“be”의 과거형으로 “you”, “we”, 그리고 “they”와 함께 사용된다…
passato semplice di “be” alla seconda persona singolare e alla prima, seconda e terza persona plurale., forma contratta di “we are”…
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