publicó

Publicó is the third-person singular form of the Spanish verb publicar in the pretérito indefinido (simple past). It corresponds to "he published" or "she published" in English, and also to the formal "usted publicó."

Conjugation note: The full preterite conjugation for publicar is: yo publiqué; tú publicaste; él/ella/Ud. publicó; nosotros publicamos; vosotros publicasteis; ellos/ellas/Uds. publicaron. Note the accent marks; the yo form uses publiqué with a spelling change (c to qu) to maintain the /k/ sound.

Etymology and meaning: From the verb publicar, which derives from Latin publicus, meaning "of the people" or "of the public." In modern Spanish, publicar means to publish, issue, or release a text, announcement, product, or data, and to make information available publicly.

Usage: Publicó is used in narrative past tense to indicate a completed act of publication. It appears in news reports, literary works, and social media contexts when the subject published content.

Examples: El periódico publicó la noticia ayer. La autora publicó su novela el año pasado.