Acompañaron

Acompañaron is the third-person plural form of the Spanish verb acompañar in the pretérito indefinido (simple past). It expresses that several subjects were in the company of another person or group in the past, or that they provided accompanying action, support, or companionship.

Acompañar is a regular -ar verb. In the pretérito indefinido, its endings for ellos/ellas/ustedes are -aron, giving acompañaron. The form is used in narrative and reporting to describe completed acts of accompaniment or support, and it can refer to physical presence (going somewhere with someone), assistance (helping someone during an event), or musical and atmospheric accompaniment (as in a scene or performance).

Examples of usage include phrases like “Acompañaron a la abuela al hospital” (They accompanied grandmother to the hospital), or “Los voluntarios acompañaron al equipo durante la competencia.” In literary or journalistic writing, acompañaron may appear to convey coordinated actions or shared experience in past events, maintaining a neutral and factual tone.

Etymology derives from acompañar, formed with the prefix a- and the root related to compañar, conceptually linked to companionship. The word remains common across Spanish-speaking contexts, adaptable to contemporary or historical narration.