cucharear
Spanish
Etymology
From cuchara (“spoon”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kut͡ʃaɾeˈaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃa.ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cu‧cha‧re‧ar
Verb
cucharear (first-person singular present cuchareo, first-person singular preterite cuchareé, past participle cuchareado)
- (transitive) to spoon (use a spoon)
- (intransitive) to spoon (cuddle)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cucharear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cucharear | ||||||
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gerund | cuchareando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cuchareado | cuchareada | |||||
plural | cuchareados | cuchareadas | |||||
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 | cuchareo | cuchareastú cuchareásvos | cucharea | cuchareamos | cuchareáis | cucharean | |
imperfect | cuchareaba | cuchareabas | cuchareaba | cuchareábamos | cuchareabais | cuchareaban | |
preterite | cuchareé | cuchareaste | cuchareó | cuchareamos | cuchareasteis | cucharearon | |
future | cucharearé | cucharearás | cuchareará | cucharearemos | cucharearéis | cucharearán | |
conditional | cucharearía | cucharearías | cucharearía | cucharearíamos | cucharearíais | cucharearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cucharee | cuchareestú cuchareésvos2 | cucharee | cuchareemos | cuchareéis | cuchareen | |
imperfect (ra) | cuchareara | cucharearas | cuchareara | cuchareáramos | cucharearais | cucharearan | |
imperfect (se) | cucharease | cuchareases | cucharease | cuchareásemos | cuchareaseis | cuchareasen | |
future1 | cuchareare | cuchareares | cuchareare | cuchareáremos | cuchareareis | cucharearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cuchareatú cuchareávos | cucharee | cuchareemos | cucharead | cuchareen | ||
negative | no cucharees | no cucharee | no cuchareemos | no cuchareéis | no cuchareen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “cucharear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014