Past Tense
The term pretérito in Spanish refers to past time actions, i.e. actions that are placed in a moment prior to the moment of speaking. There are preterite tenses in Spanish both in the indicative and the subjunctive.
Indicative:
Subjunctive:
El Pretérito Perfecto Subjuntivo
El Pretérito Imperfecto Subjuntivo
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo
Here are some examples with different preterite tenses:
To see alternative names for these tenses you can review our handy table: Spanish Tense Names
Related lesson: Tense
