Dañéis

Dañéis is the second-person plural form of the present subjunctive of the Spanish verb dañar, meaning to damage. It is used when addressing a group as you all (vosotros) and appears in peninsular Spanish as part of the regular subjunctive paradigm for -ar verbs.

Conjugation and forms in the present subjunctive include: yo dañe, tú dañes, él dañe, nosotros dañemos, vosotros dañéis, ellos dañen. The form dañéis is the standard vosotros ending for this verb in the present subjunctive, with the stem dañ- keeping the tilde on the n from the infinitive.

Usage in Spanish follows the general function of the present subjunctive: to express doubt, wish, emotion, necessity, or hypothetical situations; it commonly appears after expressions that trigger the subjunctive or after conjunctions introducing a subordinate clause with que. An example is: Es importante que no dañéis la planta.

Regional variation is notable. The pronoun vosotros and its verb forms are standard mainly in Spain. In many Latin American varieties, ustedes replace vosotros, and the corresponding present subjunctive form is dañen. In those dialects, the vosotros form dañéis is rarely used outside contexts that explicitly imitate Peninsular Spanish.

See also: dañar, subjuntivo, conjugación verbal.