erradicáis

Erradicáis is the segunda persona del plural del presente de indicativo del verbo erradicar in Spanish. It is used to address a group of people and to indicate that they currently eradicate or root out something. In contexts outside Spain, speakers typically use ustedes erradican instead.

Etymology and origin: the verb erradicar comes from the Latin eradicare, formed from e- “out” and radix, radic- “root.” The form with double r in Spanish (erradicar) reflects historical phonological and orthographic developments, and the present tense for vosotros preserves this spelling as erradicáis.

Conjugation and forms: as an -ar verb, erradicar follows regular present tense endings for vosotros: erradicáis. The full present indicative paradigm is: yo erradico, tú erradicas, él/ella/Ud. erradica, nosotros erradicamos, vosotros erradicáis, ellos/ellas/Uds. erradican. The accent in erradicáis marks the stress on the final syllable of the vosotros form. The verb can also appear in other tenses and moods (subjunctive, imperatives), but erradicáis specifically denotes present action by “you all.”

Usage notes: erradicar is transitive and requires a direct object, e.g., “erradicáis una plaga,” “erradicáis la pobreza” (you all eradicate a plague, you eradicate poverty). In Spain, the vosotros form is common in everyday speech; in Latin America, ustedes erradican is generally used instead, and the vosotros form may be unfamiliar to some speakers.

See also: eradicación, eradicatorio, erradicar (base form).