Resultaron

Resultaron is the third-person plural pretérito indefinido (preterite) form of the Spanish verb resultar. It translates roughly as “they turned out” or “they resulted” and is used to describe outcomes or conclusions that occurred in the past.

The verb resultar is versatile and commonly means to turn out, to end up, or to prove to be. In many contexts it introduces an outcome of an action, event, or process. Resultaron, therefore, refers to multiple subjects that completed an outcome in the past, often followed by adjectives, nouns, or phrases that describe the result (for example, resultaron exitosos, resultaron difíciles, or resultaron ser confiables).

Conjugation notes: resultar follows regular -ar conjugation patterns in the preterite. The full preterite forms are: resulté, resultaste, resultó, resultamos, resultasteis, resultaron. Other tenses share the same root, but resultaron specifically marks past, completed outcomes with a plural subject.

Usage tips: resultar is frequently paired with adjectives or with phrases like “resultaron ser/estar” to express how the outcome appeared or was assessed after the fact. It can also introduce conclusions drawn from data, experiments, or events. In journalistic and formal writing, you will often see sentences such as “Los resultados resultaron favorables” or “Las investigaciones resultaron inconclusas,” where resultaron functions to state the final assessment of the subject.

Related terms include el resultado (the result), resultar ser (to turn out to be), and resultante (resulting). The form resultaron is specific to plurality and past narration.