This is the 9801st most frequent Spanish word.
ayudaron
"Helped."
This sentence uses "ayudaron" as the past tense (third-person plural) form of the verb "ayudar", meaning "to help," indicating an action completed in the past.
Ellos me ayudaron con mi tarea ayer.
They helped me with my homework yesterday.
Here, "ayudaron" is employed in a question to refer to a past action that was expected but not performed, indicating a specific past moment.
¿Por qué no ayudaron a limpiar después de la fiesta?
Why didn’t they help clean up after the party?
In this example, "ayudaron" describes a completed action that was anticipated but ultimately not carried out, emphasizing the past non-participation in the action.