envolveste

Envolveste is a verb form in Portuguese. It is the second-person singular pretérito perfeito (past simple) of the verb envolver, which means to wrap, surround, or involve. As a past tense form, envolveste describes a completed action in the past that you performed, when the subject is the familiar pronoun tu.

Etymology and related forms: envolver derives from Latin involvere, with the en- prefix related to the sense of surrounding. The form envolveste is cognate with the analogous tú form in other Romance languages, such as envolviste in Spanish. The past participle of envolver is envolvido.

Usage and regional variation: envolveste is typical in European Portuguese and in Brazilian dialects that use tu as the second-person pronoun. In many varieties of Brazilian Portuguese that favor the pronoun você, the corresponding past tense form is envolveu (you wrapped/you involved), not envolveste. The sentence structure often leaves the subject implicit, e.g., “Ontem, envolveste o presente com papel colorido.”

Examples:

- Ontem, envolveste o presente com papel brilhante.

- Tu envolveste o pacote com cuidado, não foi?

See also:

- Envolver, the infinitive and main entry for the verb.

- Envolvimento, related noun forms describing the act or state of wrapping or involving.