Colaboré

Colaboré is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb colaborar in the pretérito indefinido (preterite). It translates to “I collaborated” or “I contributed” in English and is used to describe a completed action in the past, typically indicating participation in a project, task, or effort.

Etymology and conjugation context: Colaborar comes from Latin collabōrare (com- + laborāre, to work together). As a regular -ar verb, its conjugation in the preterite is: yo colaboré, tú colaboraste, él/ella colaboró, nosotros colaboramos, vosotros colaborasteis, ellos colaboraron. The form colaboré specifically marks the first-person singular in the past tense.

Usage notes: Colaboré is commonly employed in narrative or report-like contexts to attribute past cooperative work to the speaker. It can appear with a complemento circumstance, such as “colaboré en el proyecto,” or with a collaborator noun, as in “colaboré con el equipo.” The phrase is distinct from other tense forms like colaboró (third person singular preterite) or colabora (present tense or imperative form in some contexts).

Cross-linguistic consideration: In other Romance languages with similar verbs, related past forms may exist and carry the same root meaning of past collaboration, though spelling and accents vary (for example, Catalan uses a closely related form with its own orthography).

See also: Colaborar, pretérito indefinido, Spanish verb conjugation.

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