buscáis

Buscáis is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb buscar, meaning “you all search” or “you all are searching.” It is used when addressing a group informally in Spain. In many other Spanish-speaking regions, the corresponding form with ustedes is buscan, so the present tense would be ustedes buscan.

Conjugation and grammar: buscar is a regular -ar verb, so its present indicative endings are -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. The full present tense is: yo busco, tú buscas, él/ella/usted busca, nosotros buscamos, vosotros buscáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes buscan. The vosotros form is characteristic of Spain and is not commonly used in most Latin American dialects, where ustedes is used instead of vosotros.

Pronunciation and orthography: buscan is stressed on the last syllable in the vosotros form, with the accent on í in buscáis to indicate the correct stress. Pronunciation varies by dialect, but the standard written form is bus-cáis.

Usage notes: Buscáis appears in everyday speech, writing, and media in Spain when a speaker is addressing a group informally. In regions where vos forms are not used, or where ustedes is the standard second-person plural, equivalents would employ buscan or the appropriate usted/ustedes forms depending on formality and regional conventions.

Related forms and contrasts: Other tenses of buscar include busco, buscas, buscamos, buscan, and the vosotros past forms; the present subjunctive for vosotros is busquéis, which is not the same as buscáis. This distinction helps differentiate mood and tense in Spanish verb conjugation.

Examples:

- Vosotros buscáis un lugar para comer.

- ¿Buscáis información sobre el museo?

- En España, ¿qué buscáis exactamente?