predicó

Predicó is the third-person singular form of the Spanish verb predicar in the pretérito simple (simple past) indicative. It is used to indicate that someone, he or she, or the formal you (usted) performed the act of preaching in the past and completed it. As a past tense form, predicó typically appears in narrative and descriptive contexts to set past events.

Grammatical notes: Predicar is a regular -ar verb, but in the pretérito simple there is a spelling change in the first-person singular form (prediqué) to preserve the hard c before a vowel. The standard third-person singular form is predicó. Example conjugation in pretérito simple: yo prediqué, tú predicaste, él/ella/usted predicó, nosotros predicamos, vosotros predicasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes predicaron.

Etymology and usage: Predicar comes from Latin praedicare, meaning to proclaim or declare. In modern Spanish, predicar is commonly used in religious contexts to refer to delivering sermons, as well as in secular contexts to mean speaking publicly to promote a message or doctrine. Predicó, as a past tense form, appears in historical accounts, reports, literature, and discourse describing past preaching events.

Examples: El sacerdote predicó sobre la humildad. Ayer predicó ante la congregación durante la misa. Estos usos ilustran cómo predicó conveys a completed past action of preaching, without implying continuation into the present.