Suceder preterite conjugation
Suceder in the preterite: sucedí, sucediste, sucedió, sucedimos, sucedisteis, sucedieron.
- to happen; to succeed (follow someone)
- regular
- Participle: sucedido
- Gerund: sucediendo
Preterite pretérito
| yo | sucedí |
|---|---|
| tú | sucediste |
| él/ella/usted | sucedió |
| nosotros | sucedimos |
| vosotros | sucedisteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | sucedieron |
How to use suceder in the preterite
The preterite is regular: sucedió, sucedieron in the third person, which is how you will use it most. It reports specific events: ¿Qué sucedió? It is common in incident reports, news and formal explanations to clients. In casual conversation, ¿Qué pasó? is more typical, but sucedió is never wrong. In the meaning to succeed someone, the preterite reports who took over a position and when.
Examples
El accidente sucedió a las seis de la mañana.
The accident happened at six in the morning.
Le explicamos al cliente lo que sucedió con su pedido.
We explained to the client what happened with their order.
En 2015 la sucedió en el cargo su vicepresidente.
In 2015 her vice president succeeded her in the position.
Quick check: suceder in the preterite
More suceder tenses
- All suceder tenses
- Suceder present
- Suceder imperfect
- Suceder future
- Suceder conditional
- Suceder present subjunctive
- Suceder affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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