Identificabais

Identificabais is a Spanish verb form. It is the imperfect indicative, second-person plural of the verb identificar, meaning that it translates to “you all were identifying” or “you all used to identify.” The form is tied to the vosotros pronoun, which is common in Spain and in some regional dialects, though many Spanish speakers use ustedes with a different verb ending.

Morphology and usage notes: identificar is a regular -ar verb, so its imperfect endings are -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban. Identificabais combines the stem identific- with the ending -abais. The tense expresses an ongoing or habitual past action. In regions that do not use vosotros, the corresponding imperfect form would be identificaban (with ustedes as the subject).

Regional variation: Identificabais is most common in varieties that employ the vosotros form. In Latin American Spanish, where the pronoun ustedes is standard for the plural, native speakers typically use identificaban to convey the same meaning in the imperfect.

Examples:

- En aquel tiempo, identificabais a los sospechosos entre la multitud. (At that time, you all were identifying the suspects among the crowd.)

- Cada tarde, identificabais a los invitados con la pulsera de acceso. (Each afternoon, you all used to identify the guests with the access wristband.)

See also: Spanish conjugation, imperfect tense, vosotros form, ustedes form.