desaparecéis

Desaparecéis is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb desaparecer, meaning you all disappear or you all are disappearing. It is used when addressing more than one person in informal Castilian Spanish. In most other Spanish-speaking regions, the equivalent form is desaparecen (with ustedes), since vosotros is not common there.

Desaparecer, from which desaparecéis derives, means to disappear. Desaparecéis follows the regular conjugation pattern of an -er verb in the present indicative; the stem is desaparec-, and the ending is -éis. The acute accent on é marks the stress on the final syllable of the vosotros form.

Grammatical notes: in addition to the present indicative, the same subject pronoun vosotros appears in related forms such as the present subjunctive desaparezcáis (e.g., Espero que vosotros desaparezcáis de la vista), the affirmative imperative desapareced, and the negative imperative no desaparezcáis. In regions that do not use vosotros, equivalent sentences use ustedes with the third-person plural forms, such as desaparecen or desaparezca.

Usage and nuance: desaparacer is often used for physical disappearance, but it can also describe figurative or temporary absence, such as someone leaving a scene, hiding, or ceasing to be present in a given context. The vosotros form, including desaparecéis, is characteristic of Spain and is widely taught in educational materials there, while Latin American varieties prefer ustedes/desaparecen for the same person.

See also: desaparecer, Spanish verb conjugation, vosotros form.