No. 13,456 in Russian
нанимал
"Hired" or "was hiring."
In a sentence
Он нанимал переводчика для работы.
He was hiring a translator for work.
The word 'нанимал' is used here to express the action of hiring in past continuous or habitual sense.
Раньше я нанимал садовника каждую весну.
Previously, I used to hire a gardener every spring.
The term 'нанимал' indicates a repeated past action of hiring.
Они временно нанимали персонал для выполнения проекта.
They temporarily hired staff to complete the project.
In this sentence, 'нанимал' conveys the idea of a temporary hire that happened in the past.
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