This is the 9803rd most frequent Spanish word.
ayudó
"Helped" (past tense of "help").
In this sentence, 'ayudó' is used as the third-person singular preterite tense form of the verb 'ayudar,' indicating that someone ('Él') assisted in the past.
Él me ayudó con mi tarea de matemáticas.
He helped me with my math homework.
Here, 'ayudaron' is a plural preterite tense form of 'ayudar,' showing that the father's advice was helpful in the past.
Los consejos de mi padre ayudaron mucho en mi decisión.
My father's advice helped a lot in my decision.
In this usage, 'ayudó' is in the past tense to indicate that Ana regularly assisted her friends in prior instances.