aprobasteis

Aprobasteis is the preterite (pretérito indefinido) form of the Spanish verb aprobar in the second-person plural, used with the vosotros/vosotras subject. It translates to “you all approved” or “you all passed,” depending on context. The verb aprobar in this tense has the forms: aprobé, aprobaste, aprobó, aprobamos, aprobasteis, aprobaron. Aprobasteis specifically corresponds to the vosotros form.

The verb aprobar means to approve, to endorse, or to pass, in both a general sense and in specific contexts such as exams, proposals, laws, or measures. In the preterite, aprobasteis describes a completed action in the past. As with other -ar verbs, the vosotros ending is -asteis, making aprobasteis a regular form within this tense and conjugation pattern.

Regional usage varies: in most of Latin America, the pronoun ustedes is used instead of vosotros, and the corresponding past tense form would be aprobaron (ustedes aprobaron). In Spain, aprobasteis is common when addressing a group informally, while ustedes would use aprobaron in the past tense in many formal or general contexts.

Examples: Aprobasteis el examen ayer. (You all passed the exam yesterday.) ¿Aprobasteis la propuesta? (Did you all approve the proposal?) La asamblea aprobó la ley, pero ustedes habríais aprobado también, si. Etymology: aprobar proviene del latín approbāre, a su vez de ad- “hacia” y probāre “probar, demostrar,” y llegó al español como aprobar, con el sentido de confirmar o dar aceptación.