Translation for "étaient prisonnier" to english

Étaient prisonnier

• were prisoner
• were imprisoned

Translation examples

were prisoner

La majorité des 750 détenus étaient des prisonniers de guerre, le reste, des prisonniers de droit commun.
The majority of the 750 inmates were prisoners of war, while the rest were common law prisoners.

Mes parents étaient prisonniers dans un camp marocain.
My parents were prisoners in a Moroccan camp.

Si vos parents étaient prisonniers ici, nous les aurions relâchés à la fin de la guerre.
If your parents were prisoners here, we would have released them when the war ended.

Mes pieds étaient prisonniers dans ces donjons. On les affamait.
My feet were prisoners, locked up in these dungeons without food or water.