describáis

Describáis is the second-person plural form of the Spanish verb describir in the present subjunctive mood, used with the vosotros subject. It is primarily found in Spain and in communities that use the vosotos form; in most Latin American varieties, the corresponding present subjunctive is describan (for ustedes).

Usage and meaning: as a present-subjunctive form, describáis expresses doubt, desire, possibility, necessity, or non-real situations in subordinate clauses introduced by que or certain conjunctions. It appears after verbs of wishing, hoping, demanding, or fearing, and after conjunctions such as para que, a menos que, ojalá, or sin que. Examples: Quiero que describáis el incidente con precisión. Es posible que describáis las características con más detalle. En estas oraciones, the subjunctive tense marks the action as viewed from the speaker’s perspective rather than as a asserted fact.

Conjugation note: the present subjunctive forms of describir are: yo describa, tú describas, él describa, nosotros describamos, vosotros describáis, ellos describan. Describáis follows the regular for -ir verbs in the present subjunctive for the vosotros form, with the characteristic accent on the -áis ending.

Etymology and related forms: describir comes from the Latin describere, literally “to write down” or “to describe.” The prefix de- combined with scrib- reflects the sense of writing out details. In everyday usage, describáis is one of several regional forms that reflect the Spanish subjunctive system and the vosotros paradigm.