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enteré

Enteré is the first-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb enterar, which can mean to inform or to learn about something. In everyday usage, enteré is most often encountered in the reflexive form enterarse, me enteré, which means “I found out” or “I learned (something).” The reflexive construction emphasizes the subject gaining knowledge rather than conveying information to others.

Usage notes:

- As a transitive verb, enterar can mean to inform someone about something. In this sense it takes

- The pronominal form enterarse is used to express personal discovery, often followed by de plus a

Examples:

- Ayer me enteré de la cancelación del evento.

- Cuando me enteré de la verdad, supe cómo había sido.

Notes:

- Enteré is a past tense form and is typically used to describe completed events in the past.

See also:

- Enterarse

- Informar

- Pretérito indefinido (preterite) and other Spanish past tenses

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a
person
as
the
indirect
object
and
the
information
as
the
direct
object,
for
example,
Yo
enteré
a
mi
hermano
de
la
noticia.
In
many
contexts,
however,
it
is
more
common
to
use
“informar”
for
informing
others.
clause
or
noun,
as
in
me
enteré
de
la
noticia
or
me
enteré
de
lo
ocurrido.
The
meaning
shifts
with
the
non-reflexive
and
reflexive
forms:
the
former
focuses
on
informing
others,
the
latter
on
the
speaker’s
own
realization.