Guardei o contacto do técnico.

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Breakdown of Guardei o contacto do técnico.

• o: the
• guardar: to store
• o técnico: the technician

Questions & Answers about Guardei o contacto do técnico.

What does guardei mean here, and what tense is it?

Guardei is the 1st person singular form of the verb guardar in the pretérito perfeito (simple past).

So guardei = I saved / I kept / I stored.

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is I saved.

Examples:

• Guardei o contacto. = I saved the contact.
• Guardei as chaves. = I put away / kept the keys.

Why is there an o before contacto?

O is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• o contacto = the contact

Portuguese uses articles very regularly, often more than English does. In this sentence, you are referring to a specific contact, so o is natural.

Why is it contacto and not contato?