comunicaste

Comunicaste is the second-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb comunicar, meaning that you communicated something in the past. It is used in narrative or conversational contexts to describe a past action performed by the subject tú.

Etymology and conjugation: comunicar comes from Latin communicare, “to share, impart.” In Modern Spanish, -ar verbs in the preterite follow predictable endings: yo comuniqué, tú comunicaste, él/ella comunicó, nosotros comunicamos, vosotros comunicasteis, ellos comunicaron. The yo form comuniqué carries a written accent to preserve pronunciation after -car. The tú form comunicaste, as with many other -aste endings, is unstressed in writing but pronounced with emphasis on the CA syllable.

Usage: comunicaste expresses actions such as informing, transmitting, or relaying information in the past. Example: “Tú comunicaste la noticia a tus colegas.” It is commonly used in storytelling, reports, and everyday speech. In regional varieties, the corresponding plural forms may vary (vosotros comunicasteis in Spain; ustedes comunicaron in many Latin American dialects).

Related forms: infinitive comunicar, noun comunicado, and other tenses such as comuniqué (yo), comunicó (él/ella), comunicaré, comunicaría. The form is strictly verbal and is not a standalone noun or proper noun.

Pronunciation: roughly ko-mu-ni-KAS-te, with the emphasis on the CA syllable.