This is the 5326th most frequent Spanish word.
leí
"I read" (past tense).
'Leí' in this context shows the speaker performed the action of reading a specific item in the past.
Leí acerca de ese tema en un artículo reciente.
I read about that topic in a recent article.
The word 'leí' is used as the first person singular preterite form of the verb 'leer' (to read), indicating a completed action in the past.
Ayer leí un libro muy interesante.
Yesterday, I read a very interesting book.
Here, 'leí' again serves as the past tense of 'leer' and implies an action that was not performed in the past.