Expresó su deseo claramente.

She expressed her desire clearly.

Breakdown of Expresó su deseo claramente.

• claramente: clearly
• expresar: to express
• el deseo: the desire

Questions & Answers about Expresó su deseo claramente.

What does expresó mean here?

Expresó is the third-person singular preterite form of expresar, meaning to express.

So expresó means he expressed, she expressed, or it expressed, depending on context. In Spanish, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb form already gives grammatical information.

Why does expresó have an accent mark?

The accent mark in expresó shows where the stress goes: ex-pre-SÓ.

It also helps distinguish this past-tense form from expreso, which without the accent can mean I express or can also be a noun/adjective in other contexts, such as espresso or express.

So the accent is both a pronunciation guide and a grammatical marker.

What tense is expresó?

It is the preterite tense, which is used for a completed action in the past.

So Expresó su deseo claramente presents the expressing as a finished event: the person clearly expressed that desire at some point in the past.

A learner might compare it with the imperfect:

• Expresaba su deseo claramente = he/she was expressing or used to express his/her desire clearly

The preterite here sounds like a single complete action.

Why is there no subject like él or ella?