Confirmé el hecho.

to confirm

Breakdown of Confirmé el hecho.

• el hecho: the fact

Questions & Answers about Confirmé el hecho.

What tense is confirmé?

Confirmé is the 1st person singular preterite (also called pretérito indefinido) of confirmar.

So it means I confirmed.

• yo confirmé = I confirmed
• infinitive: confirmar = to confirm

This tense is used for a completed action in the past.

Why does confirmé have an accent mark?

The accent mark shows both pronunciation and meaning.

• confirmé = I confirmed (preterite)
• confirme = a different form, for example in the subjunctive or a formal command context

The accent tells you the stress falls on the last syllable:
con-fir-mé

Without the accent, it would not be the same written form.

Why is it confirmé and not confirmo?

Because confirmé is past tense, while confirmo is present tense.

• confirmo el hecho = I confirm the fact / I am confirming the fact
• confirmé el hecho = I confirmed the fact

So if the action already happened and is finished, confirmé is the correct form.

What does el hecho mean here?