"затрудняли" meaning in Russian

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "затрудня́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zatrudnjáli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "затрудня́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "затрудня́ли • (zatrudnjáli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "zatrudnjátʹ",
          "word": "затрудня́ть"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of затрудня́ть (zatrudnjátʹ)"
      ],
      "id": "en-затрудняли-ru-verb-8k0L-hCe",
      "links": [
        [
          "затрудня́ть",
          "затруднять#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zətrʊdʲˈnʲælʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "затрудняли"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "затрудня́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zatrudnjáli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "затрудня́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "затрудня́ли • (zatrudnjáli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian 4-syllable words",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian non-lemma forms",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "zatrudnjátʹ",
          "word": "затрудня́ть"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of затрудня́ть (zatrudnjátʹ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "затрудня́ть",
          "затруднять#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zətrʊdʲˈnʲælʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "затрудняли"
}