peinaste

Peinaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb peinar in the preterite indicative, meaning “you combed.” It is used to describe a completed action in the past, typically referring to the act of combing hair, either your own or someone else’s, when the verb is used transitively or with a reflexive pronoun.

As a regular -ar verb, peinar follows the standard preterite pattern for the tú form, yielding peinaste. The form peinaste has no accent marks. In sentences, it can appear with a direct object, as in peinaste el cabello, or with a reflexive pronoun to indicate grooming oneself, as in ayer te peinaste frente al espejo.

In everyday speech, peinaste is commonly used to recount grooming actions, but it can also appear in storytelling or narration to refer to past grooming events. The verb peinar itself can also have figurative uses, such as “peinar una lista” or “peinar un documento,” meaning to examine or go through something carefully, though the preterite tú form would still be peinaste in those contexts when referring to a past action.

Origin-wise, peinar derives from a core grooming vocabulary shared across Spanish-speaking regions, with peinaste functioning simply as the conjugated past tense form for the pronoun you. It is important to distinguish peinaste from other person forms (like peina, peinó, o peinasteis) which belong to different subjects or tenses.