Busqué

Busqué is the first-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb buscar, meaning to look for or to search. It denotes a completed action in the past and is used when the speaker refers to having performed a search at a specific time. Busqué is part of the regular -car verb family in the preterite; the spelling changes to -qué in the yo form to preserve the /k/ sound before the vowel e. The full preterite paradigm is busqué, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscasteis, buscaron.

In usage, busqué is common for literal searching (for objects) as well as figurative searching (for information, solutions). It contrasts with the imperfect form buscaba, which describes ongoing or habitual past searching, and with the present subjunctive busque. Examples: Ayer busqué mis llaves por toda la casa, pero no las encontré. Cuando era joven, a menudo buscaba respuestas en los libros.