gatear
Spanish
Etymology
gato + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡateˈaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ga‧te‧ar
Verb
gatear (first-person singular present gateo, first-person singular preterite gateé, past participle gateado)
- to crawl (on hands and knees like a baby or toddler)
- to walk like a cat
Conjugation
Conjugation of gatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | gatear | ||||||
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gerund | gateando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | gateado | gateada | |||||
plural | gateados | gateadas | |||||
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 | gateo | gateastú gateásvos | gatea | gateamos | gateáis | gatean | |
imperfect | gateaba | gateabas | gateaba | gateábamos | gateabais | gateaban | |
preterite | gateé | gateaste | gateó | gateamos | gateasteis | gatearon | |
future | gatearé | gatearás | gateará | gatearemos | gatearéis | gatearán | |
conditional | gatearía | gatearías | gatearía | gatearíamos | gatearíais | gatearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gatee | gateestú gateésvos2 | gatee | gateemos | gateéis | gateen | |
imperfect (ra) | gateara | gatearas | gateara | gateáramos | gatearais | gatearan | |
imperfect (se) | gatease | gateases | gatease | gateásemos | gateaseis | gateasen | |
future1 | gateare | gateares | gateare | gateáremos | gateareis | gatearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | gateatú gateávos | gatee | gateemos | gatead | gateen | ||
negative | no gatees | no gatee | no gateemos | no gateéis | no gateen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of gatear
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 gatear | |||||||
dative | gatearme | gatearte | gatearle, gatearse | gatearnos | gatearos | gatearles, gatearse | |
accusative | gatearme | gatearte | gatearlo, gatearla, gatearse | gatearnos | gatearos | gatearlos, gatearlas, gatearse | |
with gerund gateando | |||||||
dative | gateándome | gateándote | gateándole, gateándose | gateándonos | gateándoos | gateándoles, gateándose | |
accusative | gateándome | gateándote | gateándolo, gateándola, gateándose | gateándonos | gateándoos | gateándolos, gateándolas, gateándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gatea | |||||||
dative | gatéame | gatéate | gatéale | gatéanos | not used | gatéales | |
accusative | gatéame | gatéate | gatéalo, gatéala | gatéanos | not used | gatéalos, gatéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gateá | |||||||
dative | gateame | gateate | gateale | gateanos | not used | gateales | |
accusative | gateame | gateate | gatealo, gateala | gateanos | not used | gatealos, gatealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative gatee | |||||||
dative | gatéeme | not used | gatéele, gatéese | gatéenos | not used | gatéeles | |
accusative | gatéeme | not used | gatéelo, gatéela, gatéese | gatéenos | not used | gatéelos, gatéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative gateemos | |||||||
dative | not used | gateémoste | gateémosle | gateémonos | gateémoos | gateémosles | |
accusative | not used | gateémoste | gateémoslo, gateémosla | gateémonos | gateémoos | gateémoslos, gateémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative gatead | |||||||
dative | gateadme | not used | gateadle | gateadnos | gateaos | gateadles | |
accusative | gateadme | not used | gateadlo, gateadla | gateadnos | gateaos | gateadlos, gateadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative gateen | |||||||
dative | gatéenme | not used | gatéenle | gatéennos | not used | gatéenles, gatéense | |
accusative | gatéenme | not used | gatéenlo, gatéenla | gatéennos | not used | gatéenlos, gatéenlas, gatéense |
Derived terms
- agateador
- gateamiento
Further reading
- “gatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014