corretear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koreteˈaɾ/ [ko.re.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧rre‧te‧ar
Verb
corretear (first-person singular present correteo, first-person singular preterite correteé, past participle correteado)
- to run around, to run about, to scamper, to scurry
- to ramble
- (Latin America) to persecute, chase
- Synonyms: correr, perseguir
Conjugation
Conjugation of corretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | corretear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | correteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | correteado | correteada | |||||
| plural | correteados | correteadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 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 | correteo | correteastú correteásvos | corretea | correteamos | correteáis | corretean | |
| imperfect | correteaba | correteabas | correteaba | correteábamos | correteabais | correteaban | |
| preterite | correteé | correteaste | correteó | correteamos | correteasteis | corretearon | |
| future | corretearé | corretearás | correteará | corretearemos | corretearéis | corretearán | |
| conditional | corretearía | corretearías | corretearía | corretearíamos | corretearíais | corretearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | corretee | correteestú correteésvos2 | corretee | correteemos | correteéis | correteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | correteara | corretearas | correteara | correteáramos | corretearais | corretearan | |
| imperfect (se) | corretease | correteases | corretease | correteásemos | correteaseis | correteasen | |
| future1 | correteare | correteares | correteare | correteáremos | correteareis | corretearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | correteatú correteávos | corretee | correteemos | corretead | correteen | ||
| negative | no corretees | no corretee | no correteemos | no correteéis | no correteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- correteo
Related terms
- correr
Further reading
- “corretear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014