recortaste

Recortaste is the second-person singular pretérito indefinido (simple past) form of the Spanish verb recortar. It translates as “you cropped” or “you trimmed” and is used to describe a completed action in the past performed by the subject tú. Recortar means to crop an image, to trim a material, or to reduce or cut out parts of something.

The verb recortar is formed from cortar with the prefix re- and has extended senses related to cutting away margins, cropping, editing, or pruning. In everyday Spanish, recortaste is commonly used when referring to editing tasks such as adjusting a photo or shortening text, or to financial actions such as cutting costs.

Examples: Recortaste la foto para ajustarla al marco. Recortaste el presupuesto para el próximo trimestre. The standard preterite conjugation for regular -ar verbs in the second person singular is recortaste, with yo recorté, él recortó, nosotros recortamos, vosotros recortasteis, ellos recortaron.

Related terms include recortar (to crop), recorte (crop or excerpt), and recortado (cropped or trimmed).