él interesó

interested, was of interest to

→ interesar
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #35,922
interested, was of interest to With an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, etc.), interesó means that something interested or was of interest to someone. With se interesó por, it means that someone became interested in something.
SP: A Marta le interesó la película.
EN: Marta was interested in the movie.
Conjugation of interesar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third interesó —

A Tom nunca le interesó.

Tom was never interested.

Pues claro que se interesó por Fluffy.

Of course he was interested in Fluffy.

— Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001)

¿Se interesó por Fluffy?

Did he take an interest in Fluffy?

— Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001)

Siempre me interesó el arte.

I've always been interested in art.

Siempre te interesó la política, la historia.

You were always interested in politics and history.

Tom se interesó por la música porque su vecino tenía harto de músico.

Tom became interested in music because his neighbor was a musician.

Jamás me interesó Franklin Benedict, ni Doug Cartwright.

I was never interested in Franklin Benedict, nor Doug Cartwright.

— Los excéntricos Tenenbaums (2001)

Tom se interesó profundamente en la historia del arte.

Tom became deeply interested in the history of art.

Su Majestad mismo se interesó.

His Majesty himself took an interest.

— El cuento de la Princesa Kaguya (2013)