alejáis

Alejáis is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb alejar, meaning to distance or move away. It is used with the subject vosotros, a form common in Spain and in some regional varieties. In most Latin American dialects, the corresponding present indicative for “you all” is formed with ustedes (third-person plural), yielding alejan rather than alejáis.

Grammatically, alejáis is transitive and requires a direct object to specify what is being moved away from. When used with the pronominal form alejarse (to move away), the reflexive construction yields os alejáis, meaning “you all distance yourselves.” The present-tense stem is alej- with the ending -áis for vosotros.

Usage notes and examples:

- Vosotros alejáis la mesa de la ventana. (You all move the table away from the window.)

- No os alejáis del grupo durante la caminata. (Do not move away from the group during the hike.)

Etymology and related forms:

Alejar comes from a prefix a- plus a root related to lej- (from lejano, far), reflecting the sense of making something distant. Related forms include alejamiento (distancing, separation) and alejándose (distancing oneself).

In summary, alejáis is the standard present-tense form for “you all distance” used with vosotros, encountered primarily in Spain. Its reflexive variant appears as os alejáis in contexts where the action is directed at or by the subject itself.

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