Extendíais

Extendíais is a verb form from the Spanish verb extender. It represents the imperfect indicative, second-person plural (vosotros/vosotras) of extender, and is used to describe past actions that were habitual or ongoing rather than completed.

Morphology and use: In the imperfect tense, extender follows regular -er verb endings for vosotros. Extendíais is formed from the stem extend- plus the ending -íais. This contrasts with the preterite yo extendí or the present tense extendéis. An example: “Cuando llegasteis, extendíais la mano para saludar” (When you all arrived, you were extending your hand to greet [each other]).

Regional variation: The form extendíais is characteristic of regions that use the vosostros form, notably Spain. In many Latin American varieties, where ustedes replaces vosotros, the corresponding imperfect form is extendían or ustedes extendían, depending on the subject pronoun, e.g., “ustedes extendían” or “vosotros extendíais” if the vosotros form is not used.

Related forms: Extendíais belongs to a set of imperfect conjugations of extender: extendía (yo/él), extendías (tú), extendía (él/ella), extendíamos (nosotros), extendíais (vosotros), extendían (ellos). The related verb extender shares the same meaning of “to extend” or “to spread” and appears in similar tenses with analogous endings.