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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespretérito
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pretérito
"O pretérito perfeito expressa uma ação concluída no passado."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A tense or form of a verb expressing an action done in the past without reference to its duration or completion; the simple past tense.
"In grammar, the preterite of 'go' is 'went'."
- 1
Relating to or denoting the preterite tense.
"The text contains several archaic preterite verb forms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'praeteritus', meaning 'gone by' or 'past', formed from 'praeterire' (to pass by, go beyond). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, it initially retained the general sense of past time before becoming specialized in grammar to denote the simple past tense.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Preterite" is said worldwide
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prétérit
Transliteration: prétérit
"Le prétérit est utilisé pour exprimer une action passée."
Präteritum
Transliteration: Präteritum
"Das Präteritum wird oft in geschriebenen Texten verwendet."
preterito
Transliteration: preterito
"Il passato remoto è un tipo di tempo preterito."
pretérito
Transliteration: pretérito
"El pretérito indefinido indica acciones completadas en el pasado."
pretérito
Transliteration: pretérito
"O pretérito perfeito expressa uma ação concluída no passado."
भूतकाल
Transliteration: bhootkaal
"व्याकरण में भूतकाल का उपयोग बीते हुए समय को दर्शाने के लिए किया जाता है।"
过去时
Transliteration: guòqù shí
"简单过去时通常用来描述过去发生的动作。"
단순과거시제
Transliteration: dansungwagerosije
"단순과거시제는 과거의 완료된 행동을 나타냅니다."
過去形
Transliteration: kakokei
"英語の多くの動詞は過去形に変化します。"
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