Eliminad

Eliminad is the second-person plural imperative form of the Spanish verb eliminar, meaning you all eliminate. It is used to give a direct command to a group of people addressed with the informal plural pronoun vosotros. The form is common in Spain and in contexts that still employ the vosotros paradigm, such as certain manuals, dialogues, or instructional materials. In most Spanish-speaking countries that use ustedes instead of vosotros, the corresponding imperative is eliminen for ustedes, while the affirmative tú command is elimina and the Usted form is elimine.

Morphology and usage notes: eliminad is formed by taking the infinitive eliminar and adding the endings appropriate to the vosotros affirmative: -ad. It can be combined with object pronouns, as in eliminadlo (eliminate it) or eliminadlos (eliminate them). For negative commands, the forms change: no eliminéis is the vosotros negative form, and no las eliminéis would mean “do not eliminate them” when addressing a group. The stressed syllable in eliminad follows standard Spanish pronunciation rules, with no written accent.

Regional variation: while eliminad remains correct in regions that use vosotros, many Spanish speakers in Latin America will prefer alternative constructions such as eliminen a vosotros or simply use ustedes with eliminen in formal or informal contexts. In formal writing or speaking, vosotros forms are often avoided in favor of ustedes forms, particularly in official or broad-audience materials.

See also: Spanish imperative mood, vosotros conjugation, ustedes/conjugation equivalences, pronoun attachment in imperative constructions.