pretérito

preterite

pretérito(

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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

1. (grammar)

a. preterite

"Yo bailo" está en presente; "yo bailé" está en pretérito."I dance" is in the present; "I danced" is in the preterite.

b. past

En un ejercicio del examen de español, teníamos que poner los verbos en pretérito.We had to put the verbs in the past in an exercise on the Spanish exam.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (old)

a. past

La gente siempre recuerda las épocas pretéritas como épocas mejores.People always remember past times as better times.

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pretérito

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (general)

a. past

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

2. (grammar)

a. preterite, past

pretérito imperfectoimperfect

pretérito indefinidosimple past

pretérito perfecto(present) perfect

pretérito pluscuamperfectopluperfect

pretérito

adjective

1 (Lingüística) past

2 (pasado) past; former

las glorias pretéritas del país the country's former glories

(Lingüística) (also pretérito indefinido) preterite; past historic

pretérito imperfecto imperfect

pretérito perfecto present perfect

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pretérito perfecto	present perfect
pretérito indefinido	simple past
pretérito imperfecto	imperfect past tense
pretérito perfecto simple	preterite
desinencias del pretérito	preterite endings
terminaciones del pretérito	preterite endings
escribe oraciones con "correr" en el pretérito	write sentences with "correr" in the preterite
pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo	imperfect subjunctive
"comer" en pretérito	"comer" in the preterite
pretérito vs. imperfecto	preterite vs. imperfect tense
pretérito perfecto compuesto	perfect indicative tense
pretérito pluscuamperfecto	past perfect
"poner" en pretérito perfecto simple	"poner" in preterite tense
pretérito anterior	past perfect
cambia los verbos del presente al pretérito	change the verbs in the present into their past forms
tiempo pretérito	past tense
pretérito de "hablar"	preterite of "hablar"