penetramos

Penetramos is the first-person plural form of the Spanish verb penetrar. In the present indicative it means “we penetrate,” and it can also be the simple past (pretérito) form meaning “we penetrated.” Because the same spelling covers both present and preterite, the exact tense is determined by context or by accompanying time markers such as ayer or hoy.

The verb penetrar means to go through or to enter something that blocks passage, whether physically (a wall, a barrier, a cave) or figuratively (a market, a defense, a system). As a result, penetrar is used across diverse domains, including everyday speech, military or security contexts, medicine, and business. Common collocations include penetrar un obstáculo, penetrar una defensa, or penetrar un mercado. The form penetramos participates in constructions where the subject is a group that carries out the action.

Grammatical notes: penetramos belongs to the regular -ar verb conjugation. The present and pretérito forms are identical in this person and number, which means the temporal meaning must be inferred from the surrounding text. The verb also has reflexive and non-reflexive uses (penetrarse, penetrarse con algo), as well as related nouns such as penetración or penetrante.

Etymology: penetrar derives from Latin penetrāre, itself related to penitus meaning “deep inside.” The sense evolution covers both physical entry and metaphorical processes of entering or infiltrating.