This is the 2992nd most frequent Polish word.
oglądał
"Watched" (past tense, masculine singular).
The word 'oglądał' is used in the past tense to describe Adam's activity of watching a movie, implying it happened as a continuous event in the past.
Adam oglądał wczoraj ciekawy film.
Adam was watching an interesting movie yesterday.
Here, 'oglądał' is used to describe an ongoing action in the past at the time when another action occurred.
Kiedy wszedłem do pokoju, Piotr oglądał telewizor.
When I entered the room, Peter was watching television.
In this case, 'oglądały' indicates an action (watching cartoons) performed by the subject (children), employing the past tense for a group of individuals performing the same action.