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Realizó is a form of the Spanish verb realizar. It is the third-person singular preterite indicative, used to describe actions completed in the past or, in some contexts, to express the moment of realization. The word can mean “he/she/it carried out” or “he/she/it realized,” depending on the sense of realizar in the sentence.

In the sense of carrying out or completing an action, real- is used with concrete objects: Realizó un proyecto (He carried out a project), Realizó su promesa (He fulfilled his promise). In the sense of becoming aware, it can appear in constructions like Realizó que era tarde (He realized that it was late), though many speakers prefer darse cuenta de for this meaning.

Grammatical notes: Realizar is a regular -ar verb. The preterite endings give real- + -izó for the él/ella/usted form, producing “realizó.” The plural forms are realizaron and realizamos in other tenses. The meaning can shift between executing an action and attaining awareness, with context clarifying the intended sense.

Etymology: Realizar derives from the combination of the Latin base realis (pertaining to reality) and the Spanish suffix -ar, passing into Modern Spanish through Old French and Latin influences to mean both “to make real” and “to carry out.”

Usage context: Realizó is common in narrative, journalism, and formal writing to report past actions or to indicate a moment of realization. In everyday speech, the sense of realization is often expressed with phrases like darse cuenta de rather than realizar.

See also: realizar, realización, realzar.