jugaron

Jugaron is the pretérito perfecto simple form of the Spanish verb jugar, used for the third person plural in the indicative mood. It corresponds to the English "they played" or "you (plural) played" in past narration. The verb jugar belongs to the first conjugation in Spanish, characterized by endings for -ar verbs in past tense.

In the pretérito, the standard endings for -ar verbs are used, with tercera persona del plural taking -aron, giving jugaron. The full preterite paradigm for jugar is: jugué, jugaste, jugó, jugamos, jugasteis, jugaron. Note that the yo form jugué includes a spelling change to preserve the hard g before the e; the form jugaron itself is not accented.

Usage and examples: jugaron is used to describe completed past actions. Examples include: “Los niños jugaron en el parque” and “Los equipos jugaron un partido intenso.” It is common with sports or games, as in “jugaron al ajedrez” or “jugaron fútbol.” The form is also found in reported speech and narrative past, where the subject is ellos, ellas, or ustedes.

Regional considerations: in modern Spanish, ustedes take the same form, jugaron, as the third-person plural in the pretérito. The pronunciation is typically /xuɣaˈɾon/ in standard Spanish. Overall, jugaron is a regular, widely used past-tense form for describing past, completed actions by multiple subjects.