Trajimos

Trajimos is the first-person plural (nosotros) form of the Spanish verb traer in the pretérito perfecto simple (the simple past). It translates as “we brought” and is used to describe a completed action of bringing something to the speaker or to a specified time in the past.

Traer is irregular in the preterite. The stem changes to traj- across the simple past forms, yielding traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron. The nosotros form trajimos thus follows the irregular stem rather than the regular -er endings, and the use of a j in the stem distinguishes these forms from regular -er verbs.

Usage notes: Trajimos expresses a past, completed action of bringing. It is common in narrative and descriptive past contexts and can refer to bringing objects, information, or people to a location. It is often contrasted with llevar, which more typically means “to carry” or “to take” away from the speaker’s current location.

Examples:

- Ayer trajimos la comida para la fiesta. (Yesterday we brought the food for the party.)

- Trajimos tus libros a la reunión para que los escucharas. (We brought your books to the meeting so you could use them.)

Etymology: Traer comes from Latin trahere (to draw or pull). The preterite forms in Spanish preserve the irregular stem traj-, a development seen in traer and related verbs in this tense.