preteriteagradecí

Agradecí is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb agradecer in the preterite tense. The preterite is used to describe actions that were completed at a definite point in the past, often in a narrative or punctual context. Agradecer means to thank or to express gratitude, so is used to indicate that thanks were given at a specific moment.

Conjugation in the preterite for the verb agradecer is as follows: yo agradecí, tú agradeciste, él/ella/usted agradeció, nosotros agradecimos, vosotros agradecisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes agradecieron. The yo form carries an accent on the í, as is typical for many -er verbs in the preterite. The third-person forms use the regular -ó (él/ella/usted agradeció) and -ieron (ellos/ellas/ustedes agradecieron) endings for this class of verbs.

Usage notes: Agradecer in the preterite expresses a completed act of thanking, often indicating a single event or reaction. This contrasts with the imperfect tense agradecía, which would describe ongoing or habitual past gratitude (or background circumstances). The verb is transitive and commonly appears with indirect object pronouns: le agradecí (I thanked him/her). Colloquial registers may vary slightly in regional speech, but the standard forms above are widely accepted in formal writing and speech.

Examples: Agradecí su gesto ayer y le envié una nota de agradecimiento. El equipo nos agradeció la paciencia durante el partido. These sentences illustrate a definite past action of giving thanks.