invitabas

Invitabas is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb invitar, meaning “to invite.” The imperfect tense is used to describe habitual or ongoing actions in the past, or to provide background in a narrative. For invitar, the imperfect form for all regular -ar verbs follows a common pattern, so the paradigm is: yo invitaba, tú invitabas, él/ella/Ud. invitaba, nosotros invitábamos, vosotros invitabais, ellos/ellas/Uds. invitaban. Thus invitabas tags a tú as the subject in contexts describing repeated past invitations or ongoing past activities.

Usage notes: the imperfect is distinct from the preterite, which would be used for completed invitations or one-time events in the past. Invitabas is typically paired with time expressions that indicate repetition or duration, such as cada semana, siempre, o cuando éramos jóvenes. The same stem forms apply to usted as well (invitaba) and to ustedes (invitaban). In some dialects, regional variants may alter related pronouns (tú vs. vosotros vs. ustedes), but the endings for invitabas remain recognizable as the typical -abas imperfect form.

Examples: “Cuando éramos vecinos, tú invitabas a todos los vecinos a cenar los domingos.” “Antes de mudarnos, tú invitabas a mis amigos para que conocieran la casa.” These sentences illustrate how invitabas conveys habitual past invitations rather than a single past event.

Etymology and relation: invitabas comes from invitar, which derives from Latin invitare. The form is a standard example of regular -ar verb conjugation in the Spanish imperfect tense.