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what does preterit mean

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I am confused by the spanish verbs what do the headings mean preterit etc.

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updated Mar 30, 2011
posted by nan1cy2

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updated Mar 30, 2011
posted by lorenzo9
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The word preterite comes from Latin praeteritum (from praeter + itum), meaning past, gone. The word pretérito in Spanish, apart from being the name of a tense, it is a normal adjective that means "past", "former".

updated Mar 30, 2011
posted by lazarus1907