perdimos

Perdimos is the first-person plural preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb perder, meaning to lose. In this form, it translates to “we lost” and is used to recount a completed loss or failed outcome in the past. As part of the -er verb family, perder forms the preterite as perdí, perdiste, perdió, perdimos, perdisteis, perdieron, with a stem change from e to i in the root for all forms. Consequently, perdimos explicitly marks a past, finished event involving a loss by the speakers.

In usage, perdimos appears in narrative or descriptive past tense. It answers questions about what happened in a past period, such as “¿Qué pasó?” — “Perdimos el partido” or “Perdimos las llaves ayer.” The form is not used for ongoing states or relevance to the present; for that function Spanish uses “hemos perdido” (present perfect) or “perdíamos” (imperfect).

Notes: As with most conjugated forms, perdimos must agree with the subject “nosotros” in number and person, and its pronunciation is [peɾˈdi.mos]. The word is not ordinarily used as a noun; it is always a verb form, and its meaning derives from the infinitive perder with the appropriate tense and person markers.