El presidente convocó la junta.

The chairperson convened the meeting.

Breakdown of El presidente convocó la junta.

• el presidente: the chairperson
• la junta: the owners' meeting
• convocar: to convene

Questions & Answers about El presidente convocó la junta.

What tense is convocó, and what does it tell me?

Convocó is the preterite (also called the simple past) of convocar.

• yo convoqué
• tú convocaste
• él / ella / usted convocó

In this sentence, convocó means the action is seen as a completed event in the past: the president called/convened the meeting or board.

So the sentence refers to something that happened at a definite moment in the past.

Why does convocó have an accent mark?

The accent mark shows both pronunciation and verb form.

• convoco = I convene / I am convening
• convocó = he/she convened / called

Without the accent, it would be a different form. In convocó, the stress falls on the last syllable: con-vo-CÓ.

What does convocar mean exactly? Is it the same as llamar?