hospedaron

Hospedaron is the third-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb hospedar, meaning they hosted or accommodated people or things at a place. It is used to describe providing lodging or shelter to guests, travelers, or others in the past.

In practice, hospedaron appears in sentences that indicate hosting arrangements, often specifying the place or context. Examples: “La empresa hospedaron a los invitados extranjeros en un hotel de la ciudad” (the company hosted the foreign guests in a city hotel) and “Durante la tormenta, la comunidad hospedaron a familias desplazadas” (during the storm, the community housed displaced families). The verb can take direct objects referring to people or groups and commonly appears with prepositional phrases like en el hotel, en una casa, or en un refugio to indicate where the lodging occurred.

Distinctions and related terms: hospedaron is transitive, focusing on the act of providing lodging for someone. Its reflexive counterpart, se hospedaron, means they stayed somewhere themselves. Related terms include hospedaje (lodging or accommodation), hospedero or host, and huésped (guest). The concept is widely used in travel, humanitarian, and institutional contexts, as well as historical or news reporting about arrangements for sheltering people.

In usage, the choice between hospedar and hospedarse reflects who is providing lodging. Hospedar emphasizes the act of hosting, while hospedarse emphasizes the act of staying as a guest.