Excediste

Excediste is the second-person singular form in the pretérito perfecto simple of the Spanish verb exceder. It means “you exceeded” or “you surpassed” and is used to indicate that a limit, expectation, or quantity was surpassed in the past. Common constructions include exceeding a limit: “Excediste el límite de velocidad,” or surpassing expectations: “Excediste las expectativas de la empresa.”

Etymology and conjugation: exceder comes from Latin excedere, meaning to go out beyond. In the preterite, exceder follows the regular -er verb pattern: yo excedí, tú excediste, él/ella/Ud. excedió, nosotros excedimos, vosotros excedisteis, ellos/ellas/Uds. excedieron. The verb also forms the gerundio excediendo and the participio pasado excedido. It takes direct objects, such as límite, presupuesto, tiempo, o capacidades, with the action meaning to go beyond them.

Usage notes: Excediste is appropriate in narrative or evaluative statements about past performance or limits. It is common in formal writing, journalism, and everyday speech when discussing concrete boundaries. Synonyms include superar, sobrepasar y rebasar; preferencia between terms can vary by region and register, with exceder often signaling a formal or rule-based overstep. The pronominal reflexive excederse exists in other constructions to convey going too far in general, but excediste itself is not reflexive.

See also: exceder; excedente; sobrepasar. Excediste is specifically the second-person singular preterite form of exceder and should not be confused with other tenses or reflexive forms of the verb.