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Usen los guantes y junten el vidrio hasta la esquina.

Usen los guantes y junten el vidrio hasta la esquina.
Use the gloves and gather the glass up to the corner.
From Lesson 129:Plural formal commands·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Usen los guantes y junten el vidrio hasta la esquina.

Why do the verbs usen and junten end in -en if they are -ar verbs?
To give a direct command to a group of people (ustedes), Spanish swaps the usual vowel. For -ar verbs like usar (to use) and juntar (to gather), the ending changes to -en. That is how we get the group commands usen (use!) and junten (gather!).
Is the verb junten related to the word juntos (together)?
Yes! They come from the same root. The verb juntar means 'to put together', 'to collect', or 'to gather'. So junten el vidrio is instructing the group to gather the glass together into one pile.
Why does this sentence use el vidrio instead of el vaso for 'the glass'?
El vaso is a drinking glass (the object you drink from). El vidrio refers to the material itself, like window glass or broken pieces of glass on the floor. Since they are wearing gloves to clean it up, el vidrio is the exact word needed here.
I thought hasta meant 'until'. Can it mean 'up to' as well?
Exactly! Hasta marks a limit. It is often used for time to mean 'until' (like hasta mañana for 'until tomorrow'), but it is also used for physical distance to mean 'up to' or 'as far as'. Here, they need to sweep or gather the glass as far as the corner (hasta la esquina).

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