captaron

Captaron is the third-person plural form of the Spanish verb captar in the preterite tense. It indicates that multiple subjects performed the action in the past. The verb captar broadly means to capture, seize, or to attract or understand something. In literal usage, it can mean physically catching something or someone (captaron al ladrón). In figurative usage, it can mean attracting attention or recording or understanding something (captaron la atención del público; captaron la señal; captaron el mensaje).

Usage notes and range: Captar is versatile and appears in various contexts. It can refer to physical capture (captar a alguien), to capturing signals or data (captaron la señal), or to grasping concepts or messages (captaron el concepto). In journalism and storytelling, captaron is used to describe completed past actions by a plural subject, such as a team or group.

Etymology and related forms: captar derives from Latin capere, with associations to taking or seizing, and has produced related nouns such as captación (capture, acquisition) and adjectives like captador (captor) in Spanish. Conjugation pattern for captar in the preterite is: yo capté, tú captaste, él/ella/Ud. captó, nosotros captamos, vosotros captasteis, ellos/ellas/Uds. captaron. Related forms include the present tense capto, captas, capta, captamos, captáis, captan.

See also: captar, captación, captador, captación de señales.