dispensasteis

dispensasteis is the second‑person plural form (vosotros) of the Spanish verb dispensar in the simple past (pretérito indefinido) tense. The verb dispensar derives from the Latin *dispensare* and generally means “to dispense”, “to distribute”, “to exempt”, or “to excuse”. In the preterite, dispensasteis is used to refer to an action that a group of listeners (vosotros) performed in the past, typically indicating that they distributed something, gave out items, or granted an exemption.

Grammatically, dispensasteis follows the regular conjugation pattern of -ar verbs in the preterite: the stem *dispens-* is combined with the vosotros ending *‑asteis*. The full conjugation of dispensar in the preterite is: yo dispensé, tú dispensaste, él/ella/usted dispensó, nosotros/nosotras dispensamos, vosotros/vosotras dispensasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes dispensaron.

In usage, dispensasteis often appears in contexts such as: “Ustedes, al final, dispensasteis los folios a todos los estudiantes” (You (plural) handed out the sheets to all the students). It can also convey the sense of granting a pardon: “Los jueces, después de deliberar, dispensasteis la condena a los acusados” (The judges, after deliberating, waived the sentence for the accused).

The form is specific to varieties of Spanish that retain the vosotros pronoun, such as those spoken in Spain. In Latin American Spanish, the equivalent second‑person plural would be expressed with “ustedes” and the corresponding preterite form “dispensaron”.