No. 15,404 in Polish
spały
"Spały" means "slept" (past tense, plural) in English.
In a sentence
Dziewczyny spały długo po ciężkim dniu.
The girls slept for a long time after a hard day.
In this sentence, 'spały' indicates the past tense third-person plural feminine form of the verb 'spać', meaning that the girls were sleeping.
Czy wiesz, gdzie spały moje koty wczoraj?
Do you know where my cats slept yesterday?
Here, 'spały' is used to describe the action of sleeping in the past for third-person plural feminine subjects, in this case 'my cats'.
Kiedy byliśmy na wycieczce, dzieci spały w namiotach.
When we were on a trip, the children slept in tents.
In this instance, 'spały' is referring to the past completed action of sleeping, done by third-person plural feminine subjects, here 'children'.
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