golpetear
Spanish
Etymology
From the noun golpe (“a blow, strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡolpeteˈaɾ/ [ɡol.pe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: gol‧pe‧te‧ar
Verb
golpetear (first-person singular present golpeteo, first-person singular preterite golpeteé, past participle golpeteado)
- (transitive) to rattle
Conjugation
Conjugation of golpetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | golpetear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | golpeteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | golpeteado | golpeteada | |||||
| plural | golpeteados | golpeteadas | |||||
| 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 | golpeteo | golpeteastú golpeteásvos | golpetea | golpeteamos | golpeteáis | golpetean | |
| imperfect | golpeteaba | golpeteabas | golpeteaba | golpeteábamos | golpeteabais | golpeteaban | |
| preterite | golpeteé | golpeteaste | golpeteó | golpeteamos | golpeteasteis | golpetearon | |
| future | golpetearé | golpetearás | golpeteará | golpetearemos | golpetearéis | golpetearán | |
| conditional | golpetearía | golpetearías | golpetearía | golpetearíamos | golpetearíais | golpetearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | golpetee | golpeteestú golpeteésvos2 | golpetee | golpeteemos | golpeteéis | golpeteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | golpeteara | golpetearas | golpeteara | golpeteáramos | golpetearais | golpetearan | |
| imperfect (se) | golpetease | golpeteases | golpetease | golpeteásemos | golpeteaseis | golpeteasen | |
| future1 | golpeteare | golpeteares | golpeteare | golpeteáremos | golpeteareis | golpetearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | golpeteatú golpeteávos | golpetee | golpeteemos | golpetead | golpeteen | ||
| negative | no golpetees | no golpetee | no golpeteemos | no golpeteéis | no golpeteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- golpeteo
Further reading
- “golpetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014