completou

Completou is the third person singular in the pretérito perfeito (simple past) of the Portuguese verb completar, meaning that someone or something finished or brought to completion a task, event, or state in the past. It is used in both European and Brazilian Portuguese to indicate a completed action within a defined time frame, with preferred subject forms including ele, ela, or você in informal speech.

Etymology and form. Completar is a regular -ar verb descended from Latin roots related to filling or making complete, passing into Portuguese through Romance languages. The form completou follows the standard -ar verb pattern for the pretérito perfeito. Other principal forms in the same tense are: eu completei, tu completaste (Portuguese), ele/ela/você completou, nós completamos, vós completasteis (Portugal), eles/elas/vocês completaram. The past participle is completado, used with auxiliary verbs to form compound tenses (ter completado, haver completado).

Usage. Completou is used to report the end of an action or the achievement of a goal, often with a temporal anchor: "Ele completou o relatório ontem," or "Ela completou 30 anos." It can pair with ter to express a completed action in a broader past context: "Tenho completado todos os requisitos" or "Ela completou o processo depois de várias etapas." The verb also carries sense of filling a capacity or reaching a total: "O atleta completou a maratona em tempo recorde" or "O formulário foi completado com sucesso."

See also. Related terms include completar (infinitive), completado (past participle), and completando (gerund). The concept generally spans finishing, fulfilling, or bringing to a conclusion in past or ongoing contexts.