-aste

aste Aste astē Äste Italian Etymology From it la -āstis, short counterpart to la -āvistis. For example, Italian it lodaste, < Latin la laudāvistis laudā(vi)stis. Pronunciation -àste Suffix verb used with a stem to form the second-person past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular it -are verbs References it Patota Giuseppe Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano 2002 il Mulino Bologna 88-15-08638-2 145 Anagrams it aest seta tesa Old Galician-Portuguese Alternative forms roa-opt -asche Galicia Etymology roa-opt la -āstī, short counterpart to la -āvistī. Suffix roa-opt suffix 1st conj. a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in roa-opt -ar roa-opt amar to love amaste [you] loved roa-opt matar to kill mataste [you] killed Descendants gl -aches -ache pt -aste Portuguese Etymology pt roa-opt -aste, from pt la -āstī, short counterpart to la -āvistī. Cognate with gl -aches and es -aste. Pronunciation Suffix verb a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in pt -ar pt amar to love amaste [you] loved pt cantar to sing cantaste [you] sang See also pt -este pt -iste Spanish Alternative forms es -astes nonstandard proscribed Etymology From es la -āstī, short counterpart to la -āvistī. Suffix es suffix form Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -ar verbs. See also es -iste