cosquillear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koskiʝeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʝeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koskiʎeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʎeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koskiʃeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʃeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koskiʒeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʒeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cos‧qui‧lle‧ar
Verb
cosquillear (first-person singular present cosquilleo, first-person singular preterite cosquilleé, past participle cosquilleado)
- to tickle
- Synonym: hacer cosquillas
Conjugation
Conjugation of cosquillear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cosquillear | ||||||
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gerund | cosquilleando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cosquilleado | cosquilleada | |||||
plural | cosquilleados | cosquilleadas | |||||
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 | cosquilleo | cosquilleastú cosquilleásvos | cosquillea | cosquilleamos | cosquilleáis | cosquillean | |
imperfect | cosquilleaba | cosquilleabas | cosquilleaba | cosquilleábamos | cosquilleabais | cosquilleaban | |
preterite | cosquilleé | cosquilleaste | cosquilleó | cosquilleamos | cosquilleasteis | cosquillearon | |
future | cosquillearé | cosquillearás | cosquilleará | cosquillearemos | cosquillearéis | cosquillearán | |
conditional | cosquillearía | cosquillearías | cosquillearía | cosquillearíamos | cosquillearíais | cosquillearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cosquillee | cosquilleestú cosquilleésvos2 | cosquillee | cosquilleemos | cosquilleéis | cosquilleen | |
imperfect (ra) | cosquilleara | cosquillearas | cosquilleara | cosquilleáramos | cosquillearais | cosquillearan | |
imperfect (se) | cosquillease | cosquilleases | cosquillease | cosquilleásemos | cosquilleaseis | cosquilleasen | |
future1 | cosquilleare | cosquilleares | cosquilleare | cosquilleáremos | cosquilleareis | cosquillearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cosquilleatú cosquilleávos | cosquillee | cosquilleemos | cosquillead | cosquilleen | ||
negative | no cosquillees | no cosquillee | no cosquilleemos | no cosquilleéis | no cosquilleen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cosquillear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cosquillear | |||||||
dative | cosquillearme | cosquillearte | cosquillearle, cosquillearse | cosquillearnos | cosquillearos | cosquillearles, cosquillearse | |
accusative | cosquillearme | cosquillearte | cosquillearlo, cosquillearla, cosquillearse | cosquillearnos | cosquillearos | cosquillearlos, cosquillearlas, cosquillearse | |
with gerund cosquilleando | |||||||
dative | cosquilleándome | cosquilleándote | cosquilleándole, cosquilleándose | cosquilleándonos | cosquilleándoos | cosquilleándoles, cosquilleándose | |
accusative | cosquilleándome | cosquilleándote | cosquilleándolo, cosquilleándola, cosquilleándose | cosquilleándonos | cosquilleándoos | cosquilleándolos, cosquilleándolas, cosquilleándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cosquillea | |||||||
dative | cosquilléame | cosquilléate | cosquilléale | cosquilléanos | not used | cosquilléales | |
accusative | cosquilléame | cosquilléate | cosquilléalo, cosquilléala | cosquilléanos | not used | cosquilléalos, cosquilléalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cosquilleá | |||||||
dative | cosquilleame | cosquilleate | cosquilleale | cosquilleanos | not used | cosquilleales | |
accusative | cosquilleame | cosquilleate | cosquillealo, cosquilleala | cosquilleanos | not used | cosquillealos, cosquillealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cosquillee | |||||||
dative | cosquilléeme | not used | cosquilléele, cosquilléese | cosquilléenos | not used | cosquilléeles | |
accusative | cosquilléeme | not used | cosquilléelo, cosquilléela, cosquilléese | cosquilléenos | not used | cosquilléelos, cosquilléelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cosquilleemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cosquilleémoste | cosquilleémosle | cosquilleémonos | cosquilleémoos | cosquilleémosles | |
accusative | not used | cosquilleémoste | cosquilleémoslo, cosquilleémosla | cosquilleémonos | cosquilleémoos | cosquilleémoslos, cosquilleémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cosquillead | |||||||
dative | cosquilleadme | not used | cosquilleadle | cosquilleadnos | cosquilleaos | cosquilleadles | |
accusative | cosquilleadme | not used | cosquilleadlo, cosquilleadla | cosquilleadnos | cosquilleaos | cosquilleadlos, cosquilleadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cosquilleen | |||||||
dative | cosquilléenme | not used | cosquilléenle | cosquilléennos | not used | cosquilléenles, cosquilléense | |
accusative | cosquilléenme | not used | cosquilléenlo, cosquilléenla | cosquilléennos | not used | cosquilléenlos, cosquilléenlas, cosquilléense |
Related terms
- cosquillas
- cosquilleo
- cosquilloso
Further reading
- “cosquillear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014