soÑAste

Soñaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb soñar in the pretérito indefinido (preterite) tense. It corresponds to “you dreamed” or “you did dream” and is used to describe a completed dream or dreaming event that occurred at a specific time in the past when the subject is tú.

Soñar is a regular -ar verb in the preterite, with endings such as é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron for the respective first, second, and third person forms. Therefore, soñaste is built from the infinitive root soñ- plus the preterite ending -aste, with the standard stress pattern on the penultimate syllable: so-ÑA-ste.

Usage examples include sentences like: Soñaste que viajabas al extranjero anoche. ¿Soñaste algo interesante? These illustrate the typical past narration or direct question about a past dream. The preterite contrasts with the imperfect form soñabas, which would describe a habitual or ongoing dreaming context in the past.

Etymology traces soñar to the Latin somnium, passing through Old Spanish into modern Spanish, with the orthography reflecting the palatal nasal in ñ. Pronunciation is commonly rendered as [soˈɲaste].

Related forms include yo soñé, él soñó, nosotros soñamos, vosotros soñasteis, ellos soñaron, as well as other tenses and moods such as soñamos (we dreamt/dreaming in present), soñará (he will dream), and the present subjunctive sueñes. Soñaste remains a straightforward example of a regular -ar verb in the past tense.