agregaron

Agregaron is the third-person plural preterite (pretérito indefinido) form of the Spanish verb agregar. It is used to indicate that a group of subjects added something in the past, such as items to a list, ingredients to a recipe, or data to a dataset. In narrative or reporting contexts, agregaron functions as the past-tense verb for “they added.”

Etymology and meaning: agregar comes from Latin adgregare, formed by ad- (toward) and grege/grex (flock, group). The sense evolved in Spanish to mean adding or attaching something to a set, collection, or compound, with tension toward the idea of bringing elements together.

Conjugation and usage notes: agregar is a regular -ar verb, though its yo form in the preterite is agguée with a spelling change to preserve the hard g before e (agregué). The present tense forms include agrego, agregas, agrega, agregamos, agregáis, agregan; the preterite forms include agregué, agregaste, agregó, agregamos, agregasteis, agregaron. The form agregaron is appropriate when the subject is a plural group in the past. In many contexts, agregar is interchangeable with synonyms like añadir, incorporar, or anexar, though each term carries subtle nuances: agregar emphasizes assembling into a set, while añadir is a broader “to add,” and anexar often implies attaching a document or file.

Examples: En la reunión, los participantes agregaron varios puntos al acta. En el código, el programa agregó una nueva función al arreglo. Los lectores agregaron comentarios al artículo. See also: agregar, añadir, incorporar.