[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm reading a book and stumbled upon the sentence 'They were trapped.' Could you help me understand how to express this sentence in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The sentence 'They were trapped' can be translated to Italian as 'Erano intrappolati'. This translation conveys the same meaning as the original sentence, indicating that the subjects were caught or confined in some way."}]