sonaste

Sonaste is the second-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb sonar, meaning you sounded or you rang. It is used when the subject causes something to emit sound or trigger an audible signal.

In transitive constructions it takes a direct object: sonaste la alarma (you sounded the alarm) or sonaste la campana (you rang the bell). The preterite form in other persons is yo soné, él/ella/usted sonó, nosotros sonamos, vosotros sonasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes sonaron. Intransitive usage is not typical for this form; the corresponding intransitive preterite is sonó (for he, she, or it) or sonaron (they).

Etymology traces sonar to the Latin sonare, meaning to sound or ring. The form sonaste reflects the standard Spanish pattern for regular -ar verbs in the preterite tense.

Notes: Sonaste is a verb form and not a noun or a standalone name. It is most common in contexts describing someone activating or causing a sound, such as a device or instrument, rather than describing a sound itself, which is typically expressed with the intransitive sonó (the bell rang) or the noun sonido for the sound.

See also: sonar, sonido, sonoro.