movisteis

Movisteis is the second-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb mover, used with the subject vosotros or vosotras. It indicates a completed action of moving that occurred in the past. In the preterite tense, the endings for -er verbs include -isteis for the vosotros form, so the stem mov- combined with -isteis yields movisteis. The form is regular for mover, though the verb itself has stem-changing patterns in other tenses.

Usage and regional variation. Movisteis is most commonly found in Spain, where the pronoun vosotros is standard in informal plural address. In many Latin American dialects, the pronoun vosotros is uncommon or absent, and the corresponding preterite is formed with ustedes as movieron instead of movisteis. Consequently, movisteis appears mostly in written texts or spoken Spanish from Spain, as well as contexts that preserve or simulate the older vosotros usage.

Examples. A typical sentence is: Ayer vosotros movisteis los muebles para hacer espacio. This conveys that you all moved the furniture in the past. In regions where vosotros is not used, a similar idea would be expressed with movieron (ustedes movieron) in the preterite, or with other tenses depending on aspect and region.

See also. Spanish verb conjugation, mover, prever tense forms, vosotros pronoun, regional variations in Spanish.