recibáis

Recibáis is the second-person plural present subjunctive form of the verb recibir in Spanish. It is used primarily in Spain, where the vosotros form appears in informal address. In many other Spanish-speaking regions, the corresponding present subjunctive form for ustedes is reciba/reciban, so recibáis is less common outside Spain.

Morphology and paradigm: in the present subjunctive, the forms are yo reciba, tú recibas, él/ella/Usted reciba, nosotros recibamos, vosotros recibáis, ellos/Ustedes reciban. The form reciba- shows the stem recib-, with typical subjunctive endings for -ir verbs in this mood.

Usage: recibáis appears in subordinate clauses that require the subjunctive, typically after expressions of doubt, possibility, desire, necessity, emotion, or after conjunctions such as para que, antes de que, a menos que, and con tal de que. It is used when the subject is vosotros and the speech community uses the second-person plural in the informal register.

Examples: “Espero que vosotros recibáis la invitación mañana.” “No creo que recibáis respuesta hoy.” In regions where ustedes are used instead of vosotros, the corresponding form is reciba/reciban (por ejemplo, “Espero que ustedes reciban la invitación”). Recibáis thus represents a regional variant tied to the second-person plural vosotros.

Etymology: deriva del latín recipere, a su raíz recibi- establecida en la familia de verbos -ir con verbos en presente de subjuntivo.