adornaste

Adornaste is a verb form used in Spanish and Portuguese to indicate a completed action in the past. It is the second-person singular preterite (simple past) of the verb adornar in Spanish and adornar in Portuguese, corresponding to the English “you adorned.”

Etymology and form. The verb adornar/adornar derives from Latin adornare, meaning to furnish or decorate. The preterite form adornaste appears in both languages as the tú/adornaste form in the second person singular. In Spanish, the corresponding full conjugation for adornar is regular: tú adornaste, él adornó, nosotros adornamos, vosotros adornasteis, ellos adornaron. In Portuguese, the regular pattern is similar: tu adornaste, ele adornou, nós adornámos, vós adornastes, eles adornaram, with regional variation in pronoun usage.

Usage in Spanish. In modern Spanish, adornaste is used in narrative or informal speech to describe a completed action of decorating performed by the listener or an implied tú subject. Example: Ayer adornaste la sala para la fiesta.

Usage in Portuguese. In European Portuguese, tu adornaste is a standard informal second-person singular preterite form meaning “you adorned.” In Brazilian Portuguese, the form exists but the pronoun você is more common in the simple past, though adornaste can occur in dialects or with tu. Example: Ontem tu adornaste a mesa com flores.

See also. Adornar, adornamiento, ornamentación. These related terms cover the broader concept of decoration and related verb forms in the same language family.