Translation for "они были врагом" to english

Они были врагом

• they were an enemy
• they were the enemy

Translation examples

they were an enemy

Они были врагами его врагов, и в его интересах было по возможности обеспечить их безопасность и независимость.
They were the enemies of his enemies, and it was his interest to render them as secure and independent of those enemies as he could.

Они покупали их главным образом в Египте, в то время находившемся под властью мамелюков, врагов турок, врагами которых были и венецианцы.
They purchased them chiefly in Egypt, at that time under the dominion of the Mamelukes, the enemies of the Turks, of whom the Venetians were the enemies;