le contó

told him/her

→ le
phrase Rare #24,134
told him/her The pronoun le refers to the person being told; its gender is not specified. Contó is the past-tense form of contar.
SP: Mi hermana le contó la noticia a su amiga.
EN: My sister told her friend the news.

Tom no creyó lo que Mary le contó.

Tom didn't believe what Mary told him.

Tom le contó un chiste a Mary.

Tom told Mary a joke.

Él le contó el secreto cuando no había nadie más.

He told her the secret when no one else was around.

Una vez de vuelta en casa en el pino, la madre de Eco le contó una historia.

Once back home in the pine tree, Echo’s mother told her a story.

Le contó su vida entera a un extraño en el tren como si lo conociera de toda la vida.

He told his entire life story to a stranger on the train as if he had known him all his life.

Tom le contó el secreto a Mary.

Tom told Mary the secret.

Tom estalló y le contó todo a la policía.

Tom snapped and told the police everything.

Y Samuel le contó todo.

And Samuel told him everything.

Tom le contó un chiste racista a Mary.

Tom told Mary a racist joke.

Le contó que era adoptado en su último aliento.

He told her he was adopted with his last breath.

Mary le contó el secreto a John.

Mary told John the secret.

Tom no le contó todo a María.

Tom didn’t tell María everything.

Pero esa anciana, sea quien sea, le contó algo a Arbogast.

But that old woman, whoever she was, told Arbogast something.

— Psicosis (1960)