tomaron

Tomaron is the third-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb tomar. It is used to mean they took, or you all took, in the past. Tomar is a versatile verb with meanings including to take, to drink, to seize, or to adopt, so tomaron can appear in a variety of past-tense contexts, such as taking an object, drinking, or choosing something.

The form tomaron is produced from the verb stem tomar by adding the preterite ending -aron for the third-person plural. Other present and past forms follow the standard -ar conjugation pattern (tomé, tomaste, tomó, tomamos, tomasteis, tomaron). The preterite is used for actions completed at a definite point in the past.

In usage, tomaron frequently appears in narrative passages to indicate completed past actions. It can describe physical taking of items, consumption (drinking), or the act of making choices or decisions, as in tomar una decisión. The meaning is often clarified by context and surrounding words, such as direct objects or prepositional phrases.

Dialect differences influence pronoun usage. In Latin American Spanish, tomaron is commonly used with ustedes to mean “you all took.” In Spain, vosotros tomaríais forms (but preterite vosotros tomasteis) are typically used in the past plural, while tomaron may still be used with ustedes in informal contexts.

See also: tomar, related verb forms, and common phrases that use tomar, such as tomar una decisión, tomar un vaso, or tomar el tren.