-iste
Spanish, suffix[ˈist̪e]
-iste is spelled I-S-T-E (4 letters). -iste is a Spanish suffix meaning “Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terminación verbal para la segunda persona singular del pretérito del modo indicativo en verbos de la segunda…”.
What does -iste mean in English?
suffix
- 1
Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Terminación verbal para la segunda persona singular del pretérito del modo indicativo en verbos de la segunda y tercera conjugaciones (infinitivos en -er y en -ir).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -iste?
- [ˈist̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.