Past Tense
El pretérito refers to past time actions. Spanish past verb forms in the indicative mood include: el pretérito indefinido (or pretérito perfecto simple), el pretérito imperfecto, el pretérito perfecto, el pretérito pluscuamperfecto, el pretérito contínuo and el pretérito anterior. In the subjuntive mood there are: el pretérito imperfecto, el pretérito perfecto, el pretérito pluscuamperfecto and el pretérito anterior.
Here are some examples with different tenses that belong to the preterite:
Related lesson: Tense
