descartasteis

Descartasteis is the second-person plural form of the Spanish verb and descartar in the preterite tense. It corresponds to “you all discarded” or “you all ruled out” in English, when addressing a group in Spain using the informal vosotros form.

Formation: It is formed from the stem descart- plus the ending -asteis, which is the standard preterite ending for -ar verbs with the vosotros subject. For example, in a sentence you might say, “Descartasteis la hipótesis.”

Usage: The form indicates a completed action in the past. It can refer to discarding physical objects or to excluding a possibility or option. The meaning shifts with context, as with other verbs in the preterite tense.

Regional note: In Spain, where the vosotros form is common, descartasteis is regularly used. In many Latin American varieties, the vosotros form is not used; the corresponding preterite for ustedes is descartaron, so that meaning is conveyed with that form instead.

Examples: Descartasteis las tres opciones y escogisteis la cuarta. ¿Descartasteis esa posibilidad al final? In both cases, the pronoun vosotros is implied by the verb endings.

Etymology and related forms: Descartar derives from the base meaning “to discard” or “to rule out.” Related forms include descartamos (we discard), descartaste (you discarded, singular), and descartaron (they/you formal plural discarded).