Corregisteis

Corregisteis is the preterite (simple past) form of the Spanish verb corregir for the second-person plural subject vosotros. It means “you all corrected” and is used mainly in Spain, where the vosotros form is standard. In Latin American Spanish, past actions are usually expressed with ustedes and the form corrigieron.

The verb corregir means to correct, fix, or amend errors. Corregisteis is formed from the stem correg- with the standard preterite ending for vosotros, -isteis. Corregir is irregular in some other tenses and persons (for example, yo corregí, él corrigió, ellos corrigieron), but the vosotros preterite uses the regular -isteis ending with the korrig stem.

Usage notes:

- Corregisteis is appropriate when narrating past actions performed by a group that includes the speaker’s addressees in regions that use vosostros.

- In regions that do not use vosotros, the corresponding past form would be different, typically using ustedes and corregieron.

Examples:

- Ayer corregisteis los exámenes y entregasteis las fichas. (You all corrected the exams and handed in the sheets.)

- ¿Vosotros corregisteis los textos antes de la reunión? (Did you all correct the texts before the meeting?)

Etymology:

Corregir comes from Latin corrigere, meaning to set right or amend. The preterite forms reflect the evolution of the Spanish verb family derived from corrigere into corregir.

See also:

Conjugation of corregir; Spanish verb conjugation; Vosotros.