This is the 11154th most frequent Russian word.
готовили
"Gotovili" means "prepared" or "were preparing."
Describes a past action of preparation or cooking.
Мы готовили пирог всей семьей.
We were cooking a pie as a family.
Indicates preparing something (not food) in the past.
Вчера они готовили утренний доклад.
Yesterday they were preparing the morning presentation.
Refers to the past activity of preparing or training someone.