invitabais

Invitabais is the second-person plural form of the Spanish verb invitar in the imperfect indicative tense. It expresses a past action that was habitual or ongoing, directed at vosotros (you all). In English this corresponds to “you all used to invite” or “you all were inviting.” The form is typical of dialects that use the vosotros form, primarily in Spain. In many Latin American varieties where vosotros is not used, the corresponding imperfect for ustedes is invitaban.

Morphology and usage notes: Invitabais follows the regular -ar verb conjugation pattern in the imperfect: the vosotros form ends with -abais. It is therefore interchangeable in meaning with other imperfect forms when translated into English, but it carries the regional nuance of addressing a group as vosotros rather than ustedes.

Example: En la infancia, invitabais a los vecinos a la fiesta cada verano. This sentence illustrates a habitual past action directed at a group using the vosotros form.

Regional variation: Because vosotros is standard in Spain but not in much of Latin America, the same idea is often expressed with invitar in the imperfect for ustedes, invitaban, in Latin American speech and writing. Consequently, invitatabais is primarily found in texts and speech from Spain or contexts that retain the vosotros paradigm.