verificabais

Verificabais is a verb form in Spanish, representing the second-person plural imperfect indicative of the verb verificar. It translates roughly as "you all were verifying" or "you all used to verify." This form is standard in dialects that use the vosotros conjugation, notably in Spain and some parts of the Christian Latin American communities where vosotros is still common. In most Latin American varieties, the corresponding meaning is conveyed with ustedes verificaban.

Etymology and morphology: Verificabais derives from the infinitive verificar, which traces back to the Latin verīfīcāre (to verify), itself from verus (true) and facere (to make). The imperfect ending -abais attaches to the stem verific-, yielding the vosotros imperfect form. The pronunciation places the accent on the syllable ca, following Spanish stress rules for words ending in a consonant with a plural -s ending.

Usage: The imperfect tense expresses past actions without a defined endpoint, habitual past actions, or background descriptions. Verificabais would be used when describing past ongoing or repeated verification activities by a group addressed as vosotros. In regions where vosotros is not used, the meaning is conveyed with ustedes verificaban or other past tenses. Negative and interrogative forms follow standard patterns, e.g., no verificabais, ¿verificabais vosotros los números?

Examples: Verificabais los datos antes de firmar, ¿verdad? (You all were verifying the data before signing.) Ayer, mientras discutían, verificabais varias suposiciones repetidamente. Verificabais vosotros los resultados cada tarde.

See also: verificar, imperfect indicative, vosotros and its regional usage.