comisteis

Comisteis is the second-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb comer. It corresponds to the pronoun vosotros and means “you all ate.” This form is standard in Spain and in dialects that keep the vosotros paradigm. In much of Latin America, the equivalent past tense for a group is formed with ustedes, as in ustedes comieron or ustedes comieron, and the vosotros form is seldom used outside Spain.

Grammatically, comisteis is a regular form of -er verbs in the pretérito indefinido. The stem is com-, and the ending for vosotros is -isteis, yielding comisteis. It is used to describe completed actions in the past carried out by a group addressed informally as vosotros.

Pronunciation is typically /koˈmis.tɛjs/ or /koˈmis.tejs/ in many dialects, with the final -eis pronounced like a voiced “js” sound in many regions.

Usage notes include that comisteis appears mainly in Spain, where vosotros is part of everyday speech. In countries that use ustedes instead of vosotros, the corresponding past tense is typically ustedes comieron or ustedes comieron, depending on regional preference. The form is widely understood in Spanish-speaking contexts but may sound archaic or formal to speakers who do not use the vosotros paradigm.

Examples:

- Ayer vosotros comisteis paella para la cena.

- ¿Qué comisteis?

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