calificaste

Calificaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb calificar in the preterite indicative, corresponding to the subject tú. It denotes a completed action in the past and can be translated as “you graded,” “you qualified,” or “you classified,” depending on context.

The verb calificar has several related senses. It can mean to evaluate and assign a grade or score (as in education), to determine eligibility or qualification for a program or prize, or to classify or describe something according to certain criteria. The noun forms related to calificar include calificación (grade, score, or qualification) and calificable (that which can be qualified).

Etymology traces calificar to Latin calificare, from qualificus (related to quality) and the suffix -are, meaning “to make into a certain quality.” In Spanish, the sense has broadened from the original idea of “making of a certain quality” to include evaluating, ranking, and determining suitability.

Usage notes

- In educational contexts, calificaste typically means you graded or evaluated something in the past.

- In discussions of eligibility, it can mean you qualified for a program, competition, or benefit.

- The form is informal and tied to the past for the tú pronoun; other forms exist for different subjects and tenses (califico, calificaste, calificó, calificamos, calificasteis, calificaron or subjunctive and conditional equivalents).

Examples

- Ayer calificaste las respuestas y obtuviste una buena nota.

- Si calificaste para la beca, te avisarán pronto.

- El informe calificó el proyecto como apto para la siguiente etapa.