abríais

Abríais is the second-person plural form of the Spanish verb abrir in the imperfect indicative tense. It corresponds to the pronoun vosotros and translates as "you all opened" or "you all were opening" in past contexts. This form is common in Spain and in regions where the vosotros form is used; in much of Latin America, ustedes is used instead and the corresponding imperfect would be abrían.

Morphology and conjugation Notes: Abríais is built from the stem abr- plus the imperfect plural ending -íais, which is the standard ending for vosotros with regular -ir verbs. The accent on í marks the stressed syllable. The full imperfect conjugation for abrir is: abría, abrías, abría, abríamos, abríais, abrían.

Usage: Abríais expresses a past habitual action or an action in progress in the past. It appears in narrative and descriptive contexts to set scenes or describe repeated past activity. Examples: "Cuando vivíamos allí, abríais la tienda a las nueve de la mañana." "Antes, abríais las ventanas todas las mañanas para dejar pasar la brisa."

Regional variation: In Spanish varieties without the vosotros form, the same past sense is conveyed with ustedes abrían. For example, "Cuando vivíamos allí, ustedes abrían la tienda a las nueve de la mañana." Etymology: abrir derives from the Latin aperīre, meaning to open, and abríais preserves the regular imperfect ending pattern for vosotros.