localicé

Localicé is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb localizar in the pretérito perfecto simple (preterite) tense, meaning “I located.” It is used to describe a completed action in the past and typically takes a direct object, such as a place, object, or person, for example: “Localicé la dirección exacta” (I located the exact address).

Conjugation notes: Localizar is a regular -ar verb in the preterite, but the yo form changes spelling because the infinitive ends with -zar. The yo form becomes localicé to preserve the hard c sound before e. The full preterite paradigm is: localicé, localizaste, localizó, localizamos, localizasteis, localizaron. The third-person singular form localizó carries an accent on the ó.

Usage: Localicé is common in narrative or reported past events when describing the act of finding or determining a location. It can appear in geographic, investigative, logistical, or research contexts, such as locating a place, a target, or a data point. In computing or data contexts, localizar can refer to finding a file, record, or resource. The noun form localización means localization in the sense of translation and adaptation for a locale, and is related linguistically but distinct in meaning from the action of locating.

Etymology: The verb localizar derives from the root related to place, with the -ar infinitive pattern of Spanish verbs. The yo form localicé illustrates the standard orthographic change for -zar verbs in the pretérite.