enfatasteis

Enfatasteis is the second-person plural preterite (past) form of the Spanish verb enfatizar, meaning “you all emphasized.” The form is used with the vosotros subject, which is standard in Spain and some other regions that use the informal plural you.

Grammatically, enfatizar is a regular -zar verb in the preterite for the vosotros form. The combination of the verb stem and the preterite ending -asteis yields enfatasteis. In everyday speech, this form conveys a completed action in the past carried out by a group addressed as vosotros. In many dialects outside Spain, where vosotros is uncommon, the corresponding past tense is usually given with ustedes as enfatizaron.

Usage and nuance: Enfatasteis is employed to stress that a group highlighted, underlined, or gave special attention to a point, idea, or detail during a past event or discussion. It does not imply duration beyond the temporal frame of the preterite.

Etymology and related forms: Enfatizar comes from en- (a prefix meaning “to make” or “to put into”) plus énfasis (emphasis), which itself traces to Greek via Latin and French routes. Related forms include enfatizo (yo form), enfatizaste (tú form), enfatizó (él/ella form), enfatizamos (nosotros), enfatizaron (ellos/ellas), and other tenses built from the same root.

See also: Enfasis, enfatizar, pretérito indefinido, Spanish verb conjugation, vosotros forms.