intimidasteis

Intimidasteis is the second-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb intimidar. It is used with the pronoun vosotros and translates to "you all intimidated" in English. This form marks a completed action in the past carried out by the group addressed as vosotros, a pronoun commonly used in Spain and in some parts of Latin America.

Intimidar means to deter or frighten someone, often through threats or displays of power, with the aim of influencing their actions. The verb derives from Latin intimidare, built from a root related to fear. In modern Spanish, intimidasteis is formed by taking the stem intimid- and adding the preterite ending -asteis for the vosotros form.

Examples illustrate its use in past narration. For instance: "Ayer, vosotros intimidasteis a los rivales con vuestra presencia." This highlights a completed act performed by the group. In regions where the vosotros form is not standard, speakers typically use ustedes and the corresponding preterite form, as in "Ustedes intimidaron a los rivales," which conveys the same past meaning without the vosotros pronoun.

Notes: Intimidasteis is characteristic of dialects that preserve the vosotros form, particularly in Spain. For speakers in most of Latin America, the simple past with ustedes would normally replace this form, so understanding the vosotros form helps explain regional variations in past tense conjugation for intimidar.