pensasteis

Pensasteis is the second-person plural preterite tense of the Spanish verb pensar, corresponding to “you all thought” in English. It is used almost exclusively in Spain, where the pronoun vosotros is standard. In most Latin American dialects, the corresponding past tense is ustedes pensaron, since the vosotros form is not used there.

The form is regular for -ar verbs in the pretérito indefinido: pensé, pensaste, pensó, pensamos, pensasteis, pensaron. This means pensasteis follows the standard -asteis ending pattern for vosotros in the preterite.

Example usage: Ayer pensasteis en la propuesta durante la reunión. This demonstrates a completed action in the past, with the subject explicitly expressed by the vosotros form. The same meaning can be conveyed in Latin American Spanish with ustedes pensaron, though the vosotros form would not be used there.

The vosotros form coexists with the present tense form pensáis, meaning “you all think” in the present. Pensasteis should not be confused with the imperfect form pensabais, which describes ongoing or habitual past action rather than a completed past event.