galantear
Spanish
Etymology
galante + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡalanteˈaɾ/ [ɡa.lãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ga‧lan‧te‧ar
Verb
galantear (first-person singular present galanteo, first-person singular preterite galanteé, past participle galanteado)
- to court
- to make love with
- to flirt with
Conjugation
Conjugation of galantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | galantear | ||||||
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gerund | galanteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | galanteado | galanteada | |||||
plural | galanteados | galanteadas | |||||
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 | galanteo | galanteastú galanteásvos | galantea | galanteamos | galanteáis | galantean | |
imperfect | galanteaba | galanteabas | galanteaba | galanteábamos | galanteabais | galanteaban | |
preterite | galanteé | galanteaste | galanteó | galanteamos | galanteasteis | galantearon | |
future | galantearé | galantearás | galanteará | galantearemos | galantearéis | galantearán | |
conditional | galantearía | galantearías | galantearía | galantearíamos | galantearíais | galantearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | galantee | galanteestú galanteésvos2 | galantee | galanteemos | galanteéis | galanteen | |
imperfect (ra) | galanteara | galantearas | galanteara | galanteáramos | galantearais | galantearan | |
imperfect (se) | galantease | galanteases | galantease | galanteásemos | galanteaseis | galanteasen | |
future1 | galanteare | galanteares | galanteare | galanteáremos | galanteareis | galantearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | galanteatú galanteávos | galantee | galanteemos | galantead | galanteen | ||
negative | no galantees | no galantee | no galanteemos | no galanteéis | no galanteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of galantear
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 galantear | |||||||
dative | galantearme | galantearte | galantearle, galantearse | galantearnos | galantearos | galantearles, galantearse | |
accusative | galantearme | galantearte | galantearlo, galantearla, galantearse | galantearnos | galantearos | galantearlos, galantearlas, galantearse | |
with gerund galanteando | |||||||
dative | galanteándome | galanteándote | galanteándole, galanteándose | galanteándonos | galanteándoos | galanteándoles, galanteándose | |
accusative | galanteándome | galanteándote | galanteándolo, galanteándola, galanteándose | galanteándonos | galanteándoos | galanteándolos, galanteándolas, galanteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative galantea | |||||||
dative | galantéame | galantéate | galantéale | galantéanos | not used | galantéales | |
accusative | galantéame | galantéate | galantéalo, galantéala | galantéanos | not used | galantéalos, galantéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative galanteá | |||||||
dative | galanteame | galanteate | galanteale | galanteanos | not used | galanteales | |
accusative | galanteame | galanteate | galantealo, galanteala | galanteanos | not used | galantealos, galantealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative galantee | |||||||
dative | galantéeme | not used | galantéele, galantéese | galantéenos | not used | galantéeles | |
accusative | galantéeme | not used | galantéelo, galantéela, galantéese | galantéenos | not used | galantéelos, galantéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative galanteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | galanteémoste | galanteémosle | galanteémonos | galanteémoos | galanteémosles | |
accusative | not used | galanteémoste | galanteémoslo, galanteémosla | galanteémonos | galanteémoos | galanteémoslos, galanteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative galantead | |||||||
dative | galanteadme | not used | galanteadle | galanteadnos | galanteaos | galanteadles | |
accusative | galanteadme | not used | galanteadlo, galanteadla | galanteadnos | galanteaos | galanteadlos, galanteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative galanteen | |||||||
dative | galantéenme | not used | galantéenle | galantéennos | not used | galantéenles, galantéense | |
accusative | galantéenme | not used | galantéenlo, galantéenla | galantéennos | not used | galantéenlos, galantéenlas, galantéense |
Derived terms
- galanteo
Further reading
- “galantear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014