registró

Registré is the first-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb registrar, meaning I registered or I recorded. It is used to describe a completed action in the past. Registrar is a regular -ar verb, so its preterite forms are registré, registraste, registró, registramos, registrasteis, registraron. The accent on é marks the stressed vowel and helps distinguish this form from other tenses such as the present registro (I register) or the third-person preterite registró (he/she registered).

Etymology and related forms: registrar comes from Latin registrare, from registrum meaning a register or list. In everyday Spanish, registrarse can also mean to enroll or to sign up, as in registrarse en una lista o en un sistema.

Usage notes: Registré appears in narratives to place completed actions at a specific past time, often with a temporal reference like ayer, el año pasado, or en 2023. Distinctions among similar forms include registré (yo), registraste (tú), registró (él/ella), registramos (nosotros), registrasteis (vosotros), registraron (ellos).

Comparison with related terms: a similar-looking but different word is el participle en registrado, which in Spanish means "recorded" as an adjective or past participle in compound tenses. The noun registro refers to a register or record, and the verb registrar covers the act of recording, enrolling, or filing.

See also: registrar, registro, registración (in some dialects), registrar en línea.