le conté

I told him/her

→ le

phrase Common #3,083

I told him/her The preterite form of contar with the indirect object pronoun le. The person being told may be masculine, feminine, singular, or formal singular; context determines the exact translation.

SP: Ayer le conté a mi hermana lo que pasó.

EN: Yesterday I told my sister what happened.

Y le conté la historia de cómo nos conocimos.

And I told him the story of how we met.

Le conté a Tom la razón por la que no podría ir.

I told Tom why I wouldn’t be able to go.

Le conté las grandes noticias.

I told him the great news.

Nunca le conté esto a nadie.

I never told anyone about this.

Le conté a todo el vecindario sobre ti.

I told the whole neighborhood about you.

Le conté lo que vería en las noticias.

I told him what he would see on the news.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Por eso le conté al capitán Herold sobre nuestro problema de almacenamiento.

That’s why I told Captain Herold about our storage problem.

— El Capitán (2018)

Reaccionó peor de lo que me imaginaba cuando le conté la noticia.

He reacted worse than I imagined when I told him the news.

Le conté a Mary la historia completa.

I told Mary the whole story.

Le conté la noticia a Tom, no a María.

I told Tom the news, not Maria.

Sabes qué, hoy le conté a Serguéi toda la verdad.

You know what, today I told Sergei the whole truth.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Nunca le conté eso a nadie.

I never told anyone that.

Y le conté que ustedes vendrían.

And I told him you were coming.

Le conté a Tom mi historia.

I told Tom my story.

Le conté lo del accidente, y que había salido toda la noche.

I told him about the accident, and that I had been out all night.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

No le conté a nadie.

I didn't tell anyone.

A Sonia le conté lo mismo.

I told Sonia the same thing.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Le conté acerca de nuestra escuela.

I told him about our school.

Le conté todo.

I told him everything.