terminaste

Terminaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb terminar in the pretérito indefinido (simple past). It is used to indicate that you completed a task or action in the past, in informal or familiar contexts, and can be translated as "you finished" or "you ended."

As a regular -ar verb form, terminaste follows the standard pretérito indefinido conjugation pattern. The full set is: yo terminé, tú terminaste, él/ella/usted terminó, nosotros terminamos, vosotros terminasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes terminaron. The word carries the stress on the penultimate syllable, so it does not require a written accent.

In usage, terminaste is common in narratives and everyday speech when referring to a past completed action. It can appear in straightforward statements like "Terminaste la tarea" (You finished the homework) or questions such as "¿Terminaste ya?" It can also be used with the construction terminar de to indicate finishing an action that was started earlier, as in "Terminaste de comer" (You finished eating) or "Terminaste de leer" (You finished reading).

Etymology and related terms: terminaste derives from terminar, which comes from Latin terminare, from terminus meaning boundary or limit. Related words include terminación (termination) and terminal. The form is part of the broader system of Spanish past tenses, specifically the pretérito indefinido, used for completed past actions across Spanish-speaking regions.