gotear
Spanish
Etymology
gota + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoteˈaɾ/ [ɡo.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: go‧te‧ar
Verb
gotear (first-person singular present goteo, first-person singular preterite goteé, past participle goteado)
- to drip
Conjugation
Conjugation of gotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | gotear | ||||||
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gerund | goteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | goteado | goteada | |||||
plural | goteados | goteadas | |||||
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 | goteo | goteastú goteásvos | gotea | goteamos | goteáis | gotean | |
imperfect | goteaba | goteabas | goteaba | goteábamos | goteabais | goteaban | |
preterite | goteé | goteaste | goteó | goteamos | goteasteis | gotearon | |
future | gotearé | gotearás | goteará | gotearemos | gotearéis | gotearán | |
conditional | gotearía | gotearías | gotearía | gotearíamos | gotearíais | gotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gotee | goteestú goteésvos2 | gotee | goteemos | goteéis | goteen | |
imperfect (ra) | goteara | gotearas | goteara | goteáramos | gotearais | gotearan | |
imperfect (se) | gotease | goteases | gotease | goteásemos | goteaseis | goteasen | |
future1 | goteare | goteares | goteare | goteáremos | goteareis | gotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | goteatú goteávos | gotee | goteemos | gotead | goteen | ||
negative | no gotees | no gotee | no goteemos | no goteéis | no goteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of gotear
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 gotear | |||||||
dative | gotearme | gotearte | gotearle, gotearse | gotearnos | gotearos | gotearles, gotearse | |
accusative | gotearme | gotearte | gotearlo, gotearla, gotearse | gotearnos | gotearos | gotearlos, gotearlas, gotearse | |
with gerund goteando | |||||||
dative | goteándome | goteándote | goteándole, goteándose | goteándonos | goteándoos | goteándoles, goteándose | |
accusative | goteándome | goteándote | goteándolo, goteándola, goteándose | goteándonos | goteándoos | goteándolos, goteándolas, goteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gotea | |||||||
dative | gotéame | gotéate | gotéale | gotéanos | not used | gotéales | |
accusative | gotéame | gotéate | gotéalo, gotéala | gotéanos | not used | gotéalos, gotéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative goteá | |||||||
dative | goteame | goteate | goteale | goteanos | not used | goteales | |
accusative | goteame | goteate | gotealo, goteala | goteanos | not used | gotealos, gotealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative gotee | |||||||
dative | gotéeme | not used | gotéele, gotéese | gotéenos | not used | gotéeles | |
accusative | gotéeme | not used | gotéelo, gotéela, gotéese | gotéenos | not used | gotéelos, gotéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative goteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | goteémoste | goteémosle | goteémonos | goteémoos | goteémosles | |
accusative | not used | goteémoste | goteémoslo, goteémosla | goteémonos | goteémoos | goteémoslos, goteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative gotead | |||||||
dative | goteadme | not used | goteadle | goteadnos | goteaos | goteadles | |
accusative | goteadme | not used | goteadlo, goteadla | goteadnos | goteaos | goteadlos, goteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative goteen | |||||||
dative | gotéenme | not used | gotéenle | gotéennos | not used | gotéenles, gotéense | |
accusative | gotéenme | not used | gotéenlo, gotéenla | gotéennos | not used | gotéenlos, gotéenlas, gotéense |
Related terms
- gota f
Further reading
- “gotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014