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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 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.

- The pronominal form enterarse is used to express personal discovery, often followed by de plus a clause or noun, as in me enteré de la noticia or me enteré de lo ocurrido.

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. The meaning shifts with the non-reflexive and reflexive forms: the former focuses on informing others, the latter on the speaker’s own realization.

See also:

- Enterarse

- Informar

- Pretérito indefinido (preterite) and other Spanish past tenses

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