ajetrear
Spanish
Etymology
From earlier ahetrar, a variation of enhetrar, from hetría (“tangle, knot”). Related to hechor (“malfactor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axetɾeˈaɾ/ [a.xe.t̪ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧je‧tre‧ar
Verb
ajetrear (first-person singular present ajetreo, first-person singular preterite ajetreé, past participle ajetreado)
- (transitive) to tire out (with hard work)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ajetrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ajetrear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ajetreando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ajetreado | ajetreada | |||||
| plural | ajetreados | ajetreadas | |||||
| 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 | ajetreo | ajetreastú ajetreásvos | ajetrea | ajetreamos | ajetreáis | ajetrean | |
| imperfect | ajetreaba | ajetreabas | ajetreaba | ajetreábamos | ajetreabais | ajetreaban | |
| preterite | ajetreé | ajetreaste | ajetreó | ajetreamos | ajetreasteis | ajetrearon | |
| future | ajetrearé | ajetrearás | ajetreará | ajetrearemos | ajetrearéis | ajetrearán | |
| conditional | ajetrearía | ajetrearías | ajetrearía | ajetrearíamos | ajetrearíais | ajetrearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ajetree | ajetreestú ajetreésvos2 | ajetree | ajetreemos | ajetreéis | ajetreen | |
| imperfect (ra) | ajetreara | ajetrearas | ajetreara | ajetreáramos | ajetrearais | ajetrearan | |
| imperfect (se) | ajetrease | ajetreases | ajetrease | ajetreásemos | ajetreaseis | ajetreasen | |
| future1 | ajetreare | ajetreares | ajetreare | ajetreáremos | ajetreareis | ajetrearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | ajetreatú ajetreávos | ajetree | ajetreemos | ajetread | ajetreen | ||
| negative | no ajetrees | no ajetree | no ajetreemos | no ajetreéis | no ajetreen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- ajetreado
- ajetreo
Further reading
- “ajetrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014