misurasti

Misurasti is the second-person singular form of the Italian verb misurare in the passato remoto, the literary or historical past tense. It translates to “you measured” and is primarily found in formal writing, poetry, or historical narratives. In modern spoken Italian, the passato remoto is rarely used, and misurasti is largely encountered in literature or in translations that aim to evoke an earlier period.

Formation and form

Misurare belongs to the regular -are verb group. In the passato remoto, the second-person singular ending is -asti, so the form is misurasti. The full conjugation for reference is: io misurai, tu misurasti, lui/lei misurò, noi misurammo, voi misuraste, essi misurarono. The tense is used without an auxiliary verb, unlike the Italian passato prossimo.

Usage notes

Misurasti appears most often in historical or literary contexts where the author wishes to convey a sense of antiquity or formality. In everyday language, speakers would normally use the passato prossimo form hai misurato or other present-tense constructions to express a completed action of measuring. Misurasti can convey a narrative cadence or period setting in novels, poems, or translated texts.

Examples

Tu misurasti la lunghezza della tavola con la riga. In molti racconti dell’antichità, gli scribi misuravano le distanze tra i campi, e l’azione si esprime spesso con misurasti per sottolineare l’azione passata.

See also

Misurare, passato remoto, italiano.