This is the 5066th most frequent Polish word.
pracowali
"Pracowali" means "they worked" in English.
The word 'pracowali' serves as the 3rd person plural masculine past tense form of 'pracować', indicating an action of working performed in the past.
W zeszłym roku pracowali nad nowym projektem.
Last year, they worked on a new project.
Here, 'pracowali' again reflects past responsibility or employment of the subject group.
Kiedyś pracowali jako nauczyciele w małej szkole.
They once worked as teachers at a small school.
In this instance, 'pracowali' emphasizes the effort and diligence applied by the subjects in a past activity.