Sobresaltabas

Sobresaltabas is a Spanish verb, the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the verb sobresaltar. It translates to "you used to startle" or "you would startle." The verb sobresaltar itself means to startle, surprise, or shock someone. The imperfect tense in Spanish, indicated by the "-abas" ending in this case, describes ongoing, habitual, or repeated actions in the past, or actions that were happening at a specific time in the past. Therefore, "sobresaltabas" implies a past situation where someone was habitually or repeatedly causing another person to be startled or surprised, or a situation where that person was in the process of being startled. The exact meaning can depend heavily on the context of the sentence in which it is used. For example, "Tú me sobresaltabas con tus ruidos" would mean "You used to startle me with your noises." It describes an action that was not a single, completed event but rather something that occurred over a period of time or happened repeatedly in the past.