Cortad otra rebanada de pan y traed otra cucharada de salsa, por favor.

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Breakdown of Cortad otra rebanada de pan y traed otra cucharada de salsa, por favor.

• el pan: the bread
• y: and
• de: of

Questions & Answers about Cortad otra rebanada de pan y traed otra cucharada de salsa, por favor.

Why are cortad and traed used here instead of corta and trae?

Because this sentence is addressing more than one person in Spain, using the vosotros form.

• corta / trae = command to one person (tú)
• cortad / traed = command to more than one person (vosotros)

So:

• Corta otra rebanada... = Cut another slice... (to one person)
• Cortad otra rebanada... = Cut another slice... (to more than one person)

This is very common in Spain. In most of Latin America, speakers would usually use ustedes instead.

How do you form the vosotros command here?

For regular affirmative vosotros commands, you usually:

1. take the infinitive
2. remove the final -r
3. add -d

So:

• cortar → cortad
• traer → traed

This is why the sentence says:

• Cortad
• Traed

A useful note: this is the affirmative command form. Negative commands are different:

• No cortéis
• No traigáis

Why is it traed and not something like traíd?