aprendimos

Aprendimos is the first-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb aprender, meaning “we learned.” It is used to indicate a completed learning action in the past and can appear in narrative, descriptive, or report-like contexts. For example: “Aprendimos mucho en la clase” or “Ayer aprendimos a usar la nueva herramienta.”

Grammatically, aprender is a regular -er verb in the preterite, so its endings follow the pattern: yo aprendí, tú aprendiste, él/ella/usted aprendió, nosotros/nosotras aprendimos, vosotros/vosotras aprendisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes aprendieron. The form aprendimos corresponds to the nosotros/nosotras subject and does not carry an accent mark.

Etymology traces aprender to the Latin verb apprehendere (or a related form such as apprendere), meaning to seize or grasp. Through Old Spanish, the sense shifted toward acquiring knowledge, giving rise to the modern verb aprender and its various conjugations, including aprendimos.

Usage notes: aprendimos commonly collocates with a direct object or with an infinitive to express what was learned, or with la lección, la habilidad, etc. It can be used in formal or informal styles and in narrative pasts, reports, anecdotes, and summaries. In many Spanish-speaking contexts, the preterite form conveys that the learning occurred at a definite time or within a specific event.

See also: aprender, aprendizaje, aprendiendo, pretérito, conjugación de verbos -er.