They read (past) in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: le-YE-ron

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leyeron info.

**Tips to remember “leyeron”:**

– Associate “leyeron” with “they read” by noticing the “yeron” resembling “read” in past tense if you slightly adjust pronunciation from English to Spanish.
– Connect the root “le-” with “leer,” which is the infinitive form meaning “to read.”

**Explanations:**

– “Leyeron” is the third-person plural past tense (preterite) form of the verb “leer,” which means “to read.”

**Other words that mean the same thing:**

– There aren’t exact synonyms for “leyeron,” as it is a verb tense of “leer,” but depending on context, you could use phrases like “Ellos consultaron” (they consulted), or “Ellos estudiaron” (they studied) if it’s in the context of reading to learn.

**Conjugations of “leer”:**

– Infinitive: leer (to read)
– Present: leo (I read), lees (you read), lee (he/she/you formal reads), leemos (we read), leéis (you all read), leen (they/you all formal read)
– Preterite (past): leí (I read), leíste (you read), leyó (he/she/you formal read), leímos (we read), leísteis (you all read), leyeron (they/you all formal read)
– Future: leeré (I will read), leerás (you will read), leerá (he/she/you formal will read), leeremos (we will read), leeréis (you all will read), leerán (they/you all formal will read)

**Examples of sentences using “leyeron”:**

– Ayer, ellos leyeron un capítulo del libro. (Yesterday, they read a chapter of the book.)
– Mis abuelos siempre me cuentan historias sobre cómo leyeron juntos al lado del río. (My grandparents always tell me stories about how they read together by the river.)
– Leyeron las instrucciones cuidadosamente antes de montar el mueble. (They read the instructions carefully before assembling the furniture.)

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