calculé

Calculó is a form of the Spanish verb calcular. Specifically, it is the third-person singular preterite (pretérito perfecto simple) used with él, ella, or usted: “él calculó,” “ella calculó,” “usted calculó.” It indicates a completed act of calculating in the past and is common in narrative and formal writing.

The verb calcular is regular in this tense, following the standard -ar verb conjugation: calculé, calculaste, calculó, calculamos, calculasteis, calcularon. The acute accent on the -ó marks the stress on the final syllable, a feature that helps distinguish this form from other tenses and from similar-looking words.

Usage notes include its contrast with present forms such as calcula (“he/she/you formal calculates”) and with compound tenses like había calculado (“had calculated”). Calculó is used to report past actions: for example, “El científico calculó la trayectoria” or “Usted calculó el presupuesto.” It can appear in indirect speech: “dijo que calculó el tiempo de llegada.”

Distinctions from related terms are important. Cálculo (with the accent on the first syllable) is the noun meaning calculation or the branch of mathematics; calcular is the infinitive; calculó is the past tense form. The term does not indicate gender, as the ending -ó marks both third-person singular and the preterite tense rather than a grammatical gender.

In summary, calculó is the past tense form used to state that a calculation was completed by a he, she, or you formal in Spanish.