coquetear

Spanish

Etymology

From coqueto +‎ -ear, from French coquette, from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (masculine diminutive suffix). Cognate with English coquet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koketeˈaɾ/ [ko.ke.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: co‧que‧te‧ar

Verb

coquetear (first-person singular present coqueteo, first-person singular preterite coqueteé, past participle coqueteado)

(intransitive, or transitive with con) to flirt
¿Estás coqueteando conmigo?
Are you flirting with me?
(figuratively, intransitive, or transitive with con) to toy with
(intransitive) to tease

Conjugation

Conjugation of coquetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			coquetear
gerund			coqueteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coqueteado		coqueteada
		plural		coqueteados		coqueteadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coqueteo	coqueteas^{^tú} coqueteás^{^vos}	coquetea	coqueteamos	coqueteáis	coquetean
	imperfect	coqueteaba	coqueteabas	coqueteaba	coqueteábamos	coqueteabais	coqueteaban
	preterite	coqueteé	coqueteaste	coqueteó	coqueteamos	coqueteasteis	coquetearon
	future	coquetearé	coquetearás	coqueteará	coquetearemos	coquetearéis	coquetearán
	conditional	coquetearía	coquetearías	coquetearía	coquetearíamos	coquetearíais	coquetearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coquetee	coquetees^{^tú} coqueteés^{^vos²}	coquetee	coqueteemos	coqueteéis	coqueteen
	imperfect (ra)	coqueteara	coquetearas	coqueteara	coqueteáramos	coquetearais	coquetearan
	imperfect (se)	coquetease	coqueteases	coquetease	coqueteásemos	coqueteaseis	coqueteasen
	future¹	coqueteare	coqueteares	coqueteare	coqueteáremos	coqueteareis	coquetearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coquetea^{^tú} coqueteá^{^vos}	coquetee	coqueteemos	coquetead	coqueteen
	negative		no coquetees	no coquetee	no coqueteemos	no coqueteéis	no coqueteen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of coquetear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive coquetear
	dative	coquetearme	coquetearte	coquetearle, coquetearse	coquetearnos	coquetearos	coquetearles, coquetearse
	accusative	coquetearme	coquetearte	coquetearlo, coquetearla, coquetearse	coquetearnos	coquetearos	coquetearlos, coquetearlas, coquetearse

with gerund coqueteando
	dative	coqueteándome	coqueteándote	coqueteándole, coqueteándose	coqueteándonos	coqueteándoos	coqueteándoles, coqueteándose
	accusative	coqueteándome	coqueteándote	coqueteándolo, coqueteándola, coqueteándose	coqueteándonos	coqueteándoos	coqueteándolos, coqueteándolas, coqueteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative coquetea
	dative	coquetéame	coquetéate	coquetéale	coquetéanos	not used	coquetéales
	accusative	coquetéame	coquetéate	coquetéalo, coquetéala	coquetéanos	not used	coquetéalos, coquetéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative coqueteá
	dative	coqueteame	coqueteate	coqueteale	coqueteanos	not used	coqueteales
	accusative	coqueteame	coqueteate	coquetealo, coqueteala	coqueteanos	not used	coquetealos, coquetealas

with formal second-person singular imperative coquetee
	dative	coquetéeme	not used	coquetéele, coquetéese	coquetéenos	not used	coquetéeles
	accusative	coquetéeme	not used	coquetéelo, coquetéela, coquetéese	coquetéenos	not used	coquetéelos, coquetéelas

with first-person plural imperative coqueteemos
	dative	not used	coqueteémoste	coqueteémosle	coqueteémonos	coqueteémoos	coqueteémosles
	accusative	not used	coqueteémoste	coqueteémoslo, coqueteémosla	coqueteémonos	coqueteémoos	coqueteémoslos, coqueteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative coquetead
	dative	coqueteadme	not used	coqueteadle	coqueteadnos	coqueteaos	coqueteadles
	accusative	coqueteadme	not used	coqueteadlo, coqueteadla	coqueteadnos	coqueteaos	coqueteadlos, coqueteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative coqueteen
	dative	coquetéenme	not used	coquetéenle	coquetéennos	not used	coquetéenles, coquetéense
	accusative	coquetéenme	not used	coquetéenlo, coquetéenla	coquetéennos	not used	coquetéenlos, coquetéenlas, coquetéense

Related terms

coqueteo
coquetería
coqueto