escamotear
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- escamotar
Etymology
From French escamoter.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ka.mo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [is.ka.mo.teˈa(h)], /es.ka.mo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [es.ka.mo.teˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.ka.mo.teˈa(ɾ)/, /es.ka.mo.teˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ka.mo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.ka.mo.teˈa(χ)], /eʃ.ka.mo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.ka.mo.teˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ka.mo.teˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ.muˈtjaɾ/
Verb
escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteio, first-person singular preterite escamoteei, past participle escamoteado)
- refers to actions performed without the agent being noticed, including:
- to hide, to conceal
- to steal
- to leave a place
Conjugation
Conjugation of escamotear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | escamotear | |||||
Personal | escamotear | escamoteares | escamotear | escamotearmos | escamoteardes | escamotearem |
Gerund | ||||||
escamoteando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | escamoteado | escamoteados | ||||
Feminine | escamoteada | escamoteadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | escamoteio | escamoteias | escamoteia | escamoteamos | escamoteais | escamoteiam |
Imperfect | escamoteava | escamoteavas | escamoteava | escamoteávamos | escamoteáveis | escamoteavam |
Preterite | escamoteei | escamoteaste | escamoteou | escamoteamos1, escamoteámos2 | escamoteastes | escamotearam |
Pluperfect | escamoteara | escamotearas | escamoteara | escamoteáramos | escamoteáreis | escamotearam |
Future | escamotearei | escamotearás | escamoteará | escamotearemos | escamoteareis | escamotearão |
Conditional | ||||||
escamotearia | escamotearias | escamotearia | escamotearíamos | escamotearíeis | escamoteariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | escamoteie | escamoteies | escamoteie | escamoteemos | escamoteeis | escamoteiem |
Imperfect | escamoteasse | escamoteasses | escamoteasse | escamoteássemos | escamoteásseis | escamoteassem |
Future | escamotear | escamoteares | escamotear | escamotearmos | escamoteardes | escamotearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | escamoteia | escamoteie | escamoteemos | escamoteai | escamoteiem | |
Negative (não) | não escamoteies | não escamoteie | não escamoteemos | não escamoteeis | não escamoteiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From French escamoter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskamoteˈaɾ/ [es.ka.mo.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧te‧ar
Verb
escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteo, first-person singular preterite escamoteé, past participle escamoteado)
- to swipe, pilfer, palm
- to do out of
- to make disappear, make vanish (sleight of hand)
Conjugation
Conjugation of escamotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | escamotear | ||||||
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gerund | escamoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | escamoteado | escamoteada | |||||
plural | escamoteados | escamoteadas | |||||
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 | escamoteo | escamoteastú escamoteásvos | escamotea | escamoteamos | escamoteáis | escamotean | |
imperfect | escamoteaba | escamoteabas | escamoteaba | escamoteábamos | escamoteabais | escamoteaban | |
preterite | escamoteé | escamoteaste | escamoteó | escamoteamos | escamoteasteis | escamotearon | |
future | escamotearé | escamotearás | escamoteará | escamotearemos | escamotearéis | escamotearán | |
conditional | escamotearía | escamotearías | escamotearía | escamotearíamos | escamotearíais | escamotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | escamotee | escamoteestú escamoteésvos2 | escamotee | escamoteemos | escamoteéis | escamoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | escamoteara | escamotearas | escamoteara | escamoteáramos | escamotearais | escamotearan | |
imperfect (se) | escamotease | escamoteases | escamotease | escamoteásemos | escamoteaseis | escamoteasen | |
future1 | escamoteare | escamoteares | escamoteare | escamoteáremos | escamoteareis | escamotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | escamoteatú escamoteávos | escamotee | escamoteemos | escamotead | escamoteen | ||
negative | no escamotees | no escamotee | no escamoteemos | no escamoteéis | no escamoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of escamotear
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 escamotear | |||||||
dative | escamotearme | escamotearte | escamotearle, escamotearse | escamotearnos | escamotearos | escamotearles, escamotearse | |
accusative | escamotearme | escamotearte | escamotearlo, escamotearla, escamotearse | escamotearnos | escamotearos | escamotearlos, escamotearlas, escamotearse | |
with gerund escamoteando | |||||||
dative | escamoteándome | escamoteándote | escamoteándole, escamoteándose | escamoteándonos | escamoteándoos | escamoteándoles, escamoteándose | |
accusative | escamoteándome | escamoteándote | escamoteándolo, escamoteándola, escamoteándose | escamoteándonos | escamoteándoos | escamoteándolos, escamoteándolas, escamoteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative escamotea | |||||||
dative | escamotéame | escamotéate | escamotéale | escamotéanos | not used | escamotéales | |
accusative | escamotéame | escamotéate | escamotéalo, escamotéala | escamotéanos | not used | escamotéalos, escamotéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative escamoteá | |||||||
dative | escamoteame | escamoteate | escamoteale | escamoteanos | not used | escamoteales | |
accusative | escamoteame | escamoteate | escamotealo, escamoteala | escamoteanos | not used | escamotealos, escamotealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative escamotee | |||||||
dative | escamotéeme | not used | escamotéele, escamotéese | escamotéenos | not used | escamotéeles | |
accusative | escamotéeme | not used | escamotéelo, escamotéela, escamotéese | escamotéenos | not used | escamotéelos, escamotéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative escamoteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | escamoteémoste | escamoteémosle | escamoteémonos | escamoteémoos | escamoteémosles | |
accusative | not used | escamoteémoste | escamoteémoslo, escamoteémosla | escamoteémonos | escamoteémoos | escamoteémoslos, escamoteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative escamotead | |||||||
dative | escamoteadme | not used | escamoteadle | escamoteadnos | escamoteaos | escamoteadles | |
accusative | escamoteadme | not used | escamoteadlo, escamoteadla | escamoteadnos | escamoteaos | escamoteadlos, escamoteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative escamoteen | |||||||
dative | escamotéenme | not used | escamotéenle | escamotéennos | not used | escamotéenles, escamotéense | |
accusative | escamotéenme | not used | escamotéenlo, escamotéenla | escamotéennos | not used | escamotéenlos, escamotéenlas, escamotéense |
Derived terms
- escamoteo
Further reading
- “escamotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014