No. 786 in Portuguese
deram
"Deram" means "they gave" in English.
In a sentence
Eles deram os livros para as crianças.
They gave the books to the children.
This sentence uses 'deram' as the third person plural past of the verb 'dar', indicating an action of giving that occurred in the past.
As provas deram trabalho, mas conseguimos terminar.
The exams were a lot of work, but we managed to finish.
Here, 'deram' is still the third person plural past of 'dar', but the meaning translates to 'resulted in' or 'caused', demonstrating the flexibility of 'dar' in different contexts.
Os resultados deram muito o que falar na reunião.
The results gave much to talk about in the meeting.
In this example, 'deram' is used to express an action that metaphorically causes something to happen, specifically providing a basis for discussion.
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