preterite

• Termo gramatical que designava o tempo passado simples, hoje considerado arcaico no contexto linguístico moderno, mas ainda usado em referência ao pretérito perfeito simples do português ou a tempos equivalentes em outras línguas.

A grammatical term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense, now considered outdated in modern linguistic contexts.

1. Simple past tenseC1formal

   A grammatical tense used to describe actions that were completed in the past.

   Pretérito

   • In English, the preterite of 'walk' is 'walked'.
   • The preterite is often used in narrative writing.
   • She learned the preterite forms of irregular verbs.