evitaste

Evitaste is the second-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb evitar, which means "to avoid" or "to prevent." In standard usage, evitaste functions as a past-tense assertion directed at the listener or reader, corresponding to "you avoided" in English. The verb evitar belongs to the regular -ar conjugation; its preterite forms are: yo evité, tú evitaste, él evitó, nosotros evitamos, vosotros evitasteis, ellos evitaron.

Usage: Evitar is transitive, so evitaste is typically followed by a direct object or prepositional phrase indicating what was avoided, for example: "Ayer evitaste un error" or "Evitaste la confrontación al cambiar de tema."

Etymology: Evitar originates from Latin evitar, and has cognates in other Romance languages (for example Italian evitare, Portuguese evitar). The Spanish form evitaste reflects standard Romance conjugation patterns for the second-person singular in the preterite tense.

Notes: As a common verb form, evitaste appears frequently in narrative and conversational Spanish. Outside linguistic contexts, some writers or brands may encounter the sequence as part of a proper noun or title, but in ordinary Spanish it remains a verb form conveying a past action of avoiding or preventing something.