revisabas

Revisabas is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb revisar, meaning you were reviewing or you used to review. It corresponds to the informal tú subject and is used in everyday speech in many Spanish-speaking regions.

In Spanish, the imperfect tense describes ongoing or habitual past actions, past contexts, or background situations. Therefore revisabas is used to describe a reviewing action that was in progress in the past, often alongside other past tenses or time cues. For example: Cuando estudiabas para el examen, revisabas tus apuntes varias veces. This conveys that the reviewing happened repeatedly or over a period in the past.

Formation and usage notes: revisabas is formed from the infinitive revisar by removing the -ar and adding the ending -abas for the imperfect, with the stem revis-. It takes a direct object, as in revisabas tus notas or revisabas los informes. The distinction from the preterite forms (revisaste, revisaste) marks whether the action was viewed as ongoing or completed.

Regional and formality notes: revisabas is the informal tú form. In formal contexts, you would use usted revisaba (third-person singular), or in plural forms, ustedes revisaban or vosotros revisabais (Spain). These variations reflect different second-person pronouns while preserving the same imperfect aspect.

Related terms include the infinitive revisar, the noun revisión (the act of reviewing or checking), and participial forms such as revisando.