This is the 14372nd most frequent Polish word.
przegrywały
"Przegrywały" means "they were losing" in English.
Here, 'przegrywały' is used in its imperfective past form to indicate an action of losing that was continuous or habitual in the past.
Drużyny przegrywały swoje mecze, ponieważ nie trenowały wystarczająco.
The teams were losing their matches because they hadn't trained enough.
In this instance, 'przegrywały' reflects a repeated action over time, specifying a recurring situation in the past.
One zawsze przegrywały te trudne bitwy, ale nie traciły nadziei.
They always lost those difficult battles, but they never lost hope.
This sentence utilizes 'przegrywały' to describe an ongoing process that was occurring at a specific time in the past period.