ayudasteis

Ayudasteis is a verb form in Spanish. It is the second-person plural preterite of the verb ayudar, used with the vosotros subject. This form translates to "you all helped" in English and corresponds to the preterite for -ar verbs ending in -asteis. In Spain, where the vosotros form is common, ayudasteis is regularly used to refer to a completed past action by a group. In most Spanish-speaking regions outside Spain, the vosotros form is not used; the corresponding past tense with ustedes is ayudaron.

Usage notes:

Ayudasteis appears in narrative or descriptive past contexts when addressing a group directly. It signals that the helping action was completed at a specific time in the past. Because ustedes is the standard second-person plural pronoun in many dialects, its preterite form is ayudaron, not ayudasteis.

Conjugation context:

Ayudar follows a regular -ar verb pattern in the pretérito indefinido. The vosotros form adds the ending -asteis to the stem ayud-. Other principal forms in the same tense are yo ayudé, tú ayudas-te? Actually, correct forms include tú ayudaste, él/ella ayudó, nosotros ayudamos, vosotros ayudasteis, ellos ayudaron.

Etymology:

Ayudasteis derives from ayudar, which originates from Latin adiuvare, meaning “to aid or assist.” The form reflects standard Spanish verb conjugation for the second person plural in the past tense.

See also:

ayudar, vosotros, pretérito indefinido.