gorgotear
Spanish
Etymology
From gorgor (“gurgle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoɾɡoteˈaɾ/ [ɡoɾ.ɣ̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: gor‧go‧te‧ar
Verb
gorgotear (first-person singular present gorgoteo, first-person singular preterite gorgoteé, past participle gorgoteado)
- to gurgle
Conjugation
Conjugation of gorgotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | gorgotear | ||||||
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gerund | gorgoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | gorgoteado | gorgoteada | |||||
plural | gorgoteados | gorgoteadas | |||||
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 | gorgoteo | gorgoteastú gorgoteásvos | gorgotea | gorgoteamos | gorgoteáis | gorgotean | |
imperfect | gorgoteaba | gorgoteabas | gorgoteaba | gorgoteábamos | gorgoteabais | gorgoteaban | |
preterite | gorgoteé | gorgoteaste | gorgoteó | gorgoteamos | gorgoteasteis | gorgotearon | |
future | gorgotearé | gorgotearás | gorgoteará | gorgotearemos | gorgotearéis | gorgotearán | |
conditional | gorgotearía | gorgotearías | gorgotearía | gorgotearíamos | gorgotearíais | gorgotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gorgotee | gorgoteestú gorgoteésvos2 | gorgotee | gorgoteemos | gorgoteéis | gorgoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | gorgoteara | gorgotearas | gorgoteara | gorgoteáramos | gorgotearais | gorgotearan | |
imperfect (se) | gorgotease | gorgoteases | gorgotease | gorgoteásemos | gorgoteaseis | gorgoteasen | |
future1 | gorgoteare | gorgoteares | gorgoteare | gorgoteáremos | gorgoteareis | gorgotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | gorgoteatú gorgoteávos | gorgotee | gorgoteemos | gorgotead | gorgoteen | ||
negative | no gorgotees | no gorgotee | no gorgoteemos | no gorgoteéis | no gorgoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- gorgoteo
Further reading
- “gorgotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014