comunicabais

Comunicabais is the second-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb comunicar, in the vosotros form. It denotes an action of communicating that was ongoing or habitual in the past, equivalent to “you were communicating” or “you used to communicate” in English.

The form is regular for -ar verbs, built from the verb stem comunic- plus the imperfect ending -abais (for vosotros). This makes comunicabais a straightforward example of the imperfect paradigm used with the vosotros subject.

Usage notes: The vosotros form is common in Spain and some regional dialects; in most of Latin America the pronoun vosotros is not used, and forms such as ustedes comunicaban are preferred. As a result, comunicabais appears mainly in Spain or in texts that use the vosotros paradigm. It can appear in literature, dialogue, and historical writings to indicate a past ongoing activity by a group.

Examples: “Antes, vosotros comunicabais las noticias a diario sin demora.” “Cuando trabajábamos juntos, vosotros comunicabais las ideas con claridad.”

Related forms: comunicar (infinitive); communicaba, communicabas, comunicaba, comunicábamos, comunicabais, comunicaban (imperfect).