lasciaste

Lasciaste is the second-person plural form of lasciare in the Italian passato remoto, the simple past tense used mainly in literary or historical narration. It means “you left” or “you abandoned” and is typically found in written texts rather than in everyday speech. In contemporary Italian, passato remoto is far less common outside literature, with people more often using the passato prossimo or other tenses to describe past events.

Origin and grammar notes: lasciare comes from Latin laxare, and in the passato remoto the second-person plural ending is -aste, yielding lasciaste. Other forms in the same tense include io lasciai, tu lasciasti, egli lasciò, noi lasciammo, essi lasciarono. The imperfect tense has the form lasciavate, not left by the same spelling. The meaning of lasciare encompasses both “to leave” in the sense of departing from a place and “to leave behind” or “to abandon” something.

Usage considerations: Because passato remoto is traditionally used for distant or formal narration, lasciaste appears in classic novels, historical chronicles, and formal writings. In modern spoken Italian, speakers would generally express a similar idea with the passato prossimo: avete lasciato, or with other tenses depending on context. The form remains important for understanding historical texts and for stylistic purposes in literature.

Example: Voi lasciaste la porta aperta e vi allontanaste senza voltarmi indietro. This sentence demonstrates the passato remoto usage, indicating a past action by a group.