La puerta permaneció cerrada.

the door

Breakdown of La puerta permaneció cerrada.

• cerrado: closed
• permanecer: to remain

Questions & Answers about La puerta permaneció cerrada.

What does permaneció mean here, and how is it different from just using estuvo?

Permaneció is the preterite form of permanecer, meaning remained or stayed.

So La puerta permaneció cerrada means the door remained/stayed closed.

Compared with estuvo cerrada:

• estuvo cerrada = was closed
• permaneció cerrada = remained closed / stayed closed

Permanecer emphasizes that the state continued over a period of time. It sounds a bit more formal and more precise than estar.

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What tense is permaneció?

It is the third-person singular preterite of permanecer.

• permanecer = to remain
• permaneció = he/she/it remained

Here it matches la puerta, which is treated as it:

• la puerta permaneció = the door remained

The preterite is used because the speaker is presenting this as a completed past situation.

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Why is it cerrada and not cerrado?