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Ayer él descubrió un restaurante muy barato en el centro.

Ayer él descubrió un restaurante muy barato en el centro.
Yesterday, he discovered a very cheap restaurant in the center.
From Lesson 128:The preterite tense of -er and -ir verbs (-í, -ió)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ayer él descubrió un restaurante muy barato en el centro.

Why does 'descubrió' end with '-ió' and an accent mark?
Descubrió is the 'he/she' form of the regular -ir verb descubrir (to discover) in the preterite tense. For regular -er and -ir verbs in this past tense, the third-person singular form always ends in -ió. The accent mark is required to show that your voice should stress that final 'o'.
Why does 'él' have an accent mark here?
The accent mark is used to tell the pronoun él (he) apart from the masculine word for 'the', which is el. Without the accent mark, the sentence would start with 'Yesterday the discovered...' which wouldn't make sense!
Why is 'muy barato' placed after 'un restaurante' instead of before it?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives like barato (cheap) generally go right after the noun they describe. Because muy (very) is directly modifying the adjective, the entire phrase muy barato stays together and is placed immediately after un restaurante.
How is 'en el centro' used when talking about a city?
While it literally translates to 'in the center', en el centro is the most common way to say 'downtown' or 'in the city center' in Spanish.

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