Dató el informe.

the report

Breakdown of Dató el informe.

• datar: to date

Questions & Answers about Dató el informe.

What does dató mean in this sentence?

Here, dató comes from the verb datar, which means to put a date on something, especially a document.

So Dató el informe means something like:

• He dated the report
• She dated the report
• You dated the report (formal usted)

It does not mean went on a date.

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What tense is dató?

Dató is in the preterite (the simple past tense in Spanish).

So it refers to a completed action in the past:

• dató = dated / put a date on

The infinitive is datar.

A few forms:

• yo daté = I dated
• tú dataste = you dated
• él/ella/usted dató = he/she/you dated

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Why does dató have an accent mark?

The accent mark shows both pronunciation and meaning/form.

• dató = he/she/usted dated (preterite)
• dato = I date (present tense of datar) or data point / piece of information as a noun

So the accent helps distinguish:

• dato → present or noun
• dató → past tense verb

It also shows the stress falls on the last syllable: da-TÓ.

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