él citó

arranged to meet, made an appointment with, quoted, cited

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cit to quote, to cite + ó 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #45,617
arranged to meet, made an appointment with In this sense, citar is often used with a: citar a alguien means to arrange to meet someone or to make an appointment for someone.
SP: El médico me citó a las diez.
EN: The doctor made an appointment for me at ten.
quoted, cited Simple past form of citar.
SP: Ella citó una frase del libro.
EN: She quoted a sentence from the book.
Conjugation of citar
Indicative past
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Third citó citaron

Quería algo de mí y al día siguiente me citó en su despacho.

He wanted something from me, and the next day he summoned me to his office.

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

Se citó con ellos en el hotel donde trabajaba la madre del chico.

He arranged to meet them at the hotel where the boy's mother worked.

— Contratiempo (2017)

El dentista me citó a las siete.

The dentist scheduled me for seven.

Recuerda el caso que citó Alfonso?

Do you remember the case Alfonso mentioned?

— El guardián invisible (2017)

¿Quiere hacerle creer al jurado que ese conductor les citó en el hotel?

Do you want to make the jury believe that driver arranged to meet them at the hotel?

— Contratiempo (2017)

Ella citó un poema de Keats.

She quoted a poem by Keats.