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Las mujeres durmieron aquí y roncaron.

Las mujeres durmieron aquí y roncaron.
The women slept here and snored.
From Lesson 142:Preterite stem changes o to u (durmió, murió)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Las mujeres durmieron aquí y roncaron.

la mujer
the woman / the wife
y
and
aquí
here
dormir
to sleep
roncar
to snore

Questions & Answers about Las mujeres durmieron aquí y roncaron.

Why is it durmieron with a U instead of dormieron?
In the past tense (Pretérito Indefinido), certain -ir verbs like dormir have a stem change. The o changes to a u, but only in the third-person forms (he, she, it, you formal, and they, you all). Since las mujeres means they (third-person plural), dormir becomes durmieron.
Does the verb roncar (to snore) have a stem change like dormir?
No, roncar is a regular -ar verb. In the past tense, only certain -ir verbs have this vowel change. So, roncar just takes the standard they ending for -ar verbs, becoming roncaron.
Why are we using this past tense (Pretérito Indefinido) instead of the imperfect tense (dormían)?
We use the Pretérito Indefinido here because it describes a completed, finished action. The women slept and snored during a specific, finished block of time (like last night), rather than describing an ongoing habit from the past (which would mean they used to sleep here).
Why isn't there a subject pronoun like ellas before roncaron?
In Spanish, you don't need to repeat the subject if it's already clear. We established las mujeres at the beginning, and the -aron ending on roncaron tells us it's a they action, so adding ellas again is unnecessary.

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