No. 2,704 in Polish
dały
"Dały" means "they gave" in English.
In a sentence
Dały mi książkę, którą bardzo chciałem przeczytać.
They gave me the book that I really wanted to read.
The word 'dały' is used as the past tense form of 'to give' for third person plural, feminine gender.
Dały znać, że przyjdą szybciej.
They let me know that they would come earlier.
Here, 'dały' is part of the phrase 'dały znać' which means 'let know' or 'informed'.
Dziewczyny dały sobie radę z trudnym zadaniem.
The girls managed to handle the difficult task.
In this case, 'dały' appears in 'dały sobie radę', meaning 'managed' or 'succeeded'.
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