No. 14,372 in Polish
przegrywały
"Przegrywały" means "they were losing" in English.
In a sentence
Drużyny przegrywały swoje mecze, ponieważ nie trenowały wystarczająco.
The teams were losing their matches because they hadn't trained enough.
Here, 'przegrywały' is used in its imperfective past form to indicate an action of losing that was continuous or habitual in the past.
One zawsze przegrywały te trudne bitwy, ale nie traciły nadziei.
They always lost those difficult battles, but they never lost hope.
In this instance, 'przegrywały' reflects a repeated action over time, specifying a recurring situation in the past.
Pod koniec dnia zauważyli, że przegrywały w rankingu przez drobne błędy.
By the end of the day, they noticed that they were losing in the ranking due to minor mistakes.
This sentence utilizes 'przegrywały' to describe an ongoing process that was occurring at a specific time in the past period.
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