No. 14,571 in Russian
пел
"Пел" means "sang" (past tense, masculine, singular).
In a sentence
Он пел нам свою любимую песню.
He sang his favorite song to us.
Here 'пел' is used as the past tense of the verb 'петь', meaning 'to sing', to describe an action someone performed in the past.
Вчера в караоке баре все пели их любимые мелодии.
Yesterday, everyone sang their favorite melodies in the karaoke bar.
'Пели' is the plural form in the past tense of the verb 'петь', indicating a group of people engaged in singing.
Когда она была моложе, Джулия пела в хоре каждый уикенд.
When she was younger, Julia sang in a choir every weekend.
'Пела' is the feminine singular past tense form of 'петь', conveying a repetitive action in the past related to singing.
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