Tradujo

Tradujo is the third-person singular preterite (simple past) form of the Spanish verb traducir, meaning to translate. It corresponds to "he translated," "she translated," or the formal "you translated" and is used to describe a completed translation action in the past. Traducir belongs to a group of -ducir verbs that show irregular behavior in the preterite tense.

In the preterite, traducir uses the stem traduj- across all forms except the first-person plural. The full preterite conjugation is: yo traduje, tú tradujiste, él/ella/usted tradujo, nosotros tradujimos, vosotros tradujisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes tradujeron. Note that the third-person singular form ends in -ujo, while the third-person plural ends in -eron.

Usage of tradujo and its related forms follows standard Spanish past narrative conventions. It is typically used when the subject performed a translation at a specific past time and the action is viewed as complete. It is common in written and spoken Spanish to state who translated what and when.

Related verbs in the -ducir family share a similar irregular preterite pattern, though their endings differ (for example, conducir yields conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujisteis, condujeron; producir yields produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjisteis, produjeron). The stem changes reflect a broader class of verbs with irregular preterite forms in Spanish.

Example: Ella tradujo el informe del inglés al español. (She translated the report from English to Spanish.)