bebieron

Bebieron is the pretérito perfecto simple (preterite) form of the Spanish verb beber. It corresponds to the third-person plural and is used to describe actions of drinking that were completed in the past. In many dialects, the form also serves as the corresponding form for ustedes in the past.

Conjugation and morphology: beber is a regular -er verb, so its preterite endings for the nosotros and vosotros forms are bebimos and bebisteis, while the key third-person plural form is bebieron. The full preterite paradigm is: yo bebí, tú bebiste, él bebió, nosotros bebimos, vosotros bebisteis, ellos bebieron.

Usage notes: Bebieron appears in narratives or reports of past events, often with a direct object such as agua, vino, leche, or cerveza. It denotes a completed action, not a ongoing or repeated past. The form is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts across Spanish-speaking regions.

Examples:

- Ellos bebieron agua después del ejercicio.

- ¿Qué bebieron ustedes en la fiesta?

Etymology: bebieron derives from the verb beber, rooted in the Latin bibere. The Latin perfect form bibērunt evolved through the history of the Spanish language into the modern pretérito bebieron, with regular -eron endings characteristic of many -er verbs in the preterite.

See also: beber, conjugation of -er verbs in the preterite, pretérito indefinido.