lactar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lacto, lactare.
Verb
lactar (first-person singular present lacto, first-person singular preterite lacté, past participle lactado)
- to breast-feed
Conjugation
Conjugation of lactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | lactar | ||||||
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gerund | lactando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lactado | lactada | |||||
plural | lactados | lactadas | |||||
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 | lacto | lactastú lactásvos | lacta | lactamos | lactáis | lactan | |
imperfect | lactaba | lactabas | lactaba | lactábamos | lactabais | lactaban | |
preterite | lacté | lactaste | lactó | lactamos | lactasteis | lactaron | |
future | lactaré | lactarás | lactará | lactaremos | lactaréis | lactarán | |
conditional | lactaría | lactarías | lactaría | lactaríamos | lactaríais | lactarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lacte | lactestú lactésvos2 | lacte | lactemos | lactéis | lacten | |
imperfect (ra) | lactara | lactaras | lactara | lactáramos | lactarais | lactaran | |
imperfect (se) | lactase | lactases | lactase | lactásemos | lactaseis | lactasen | |
future1 | lactare | lactares | lactare | lactáremos | lactareis | lactaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | lactatú lactávos | lacte | lactemos | lactad | lacten | ||
negative | no lactes | no lacte | no lactemos | no lactéis | no lacten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of lactar
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 lactar | |||||||
dative | lactarme | lactarte | lactarle, lactarse | lactarnos | lactaros | lactarles, lactarse | |
accusative | lactarme | lactarte | lactarlo, lactarla, lactarse | lactarnos | lactaros | lactarlos, lactarlas, lactarse | |
with gerund lactando | |||||||
dative | lactándome | lactándote | lactándole, lactándose | lactándonos | lactándoos | lactándoles, lactándose | |
accusative | lactándome | lactándote | lactándolo, lactándola, lactándose | lactándonos | lactándoos | lactándolos, lactándolas, lactándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lacta | |||||||
dative | láctame | láctate | láctale | láctanos | not used | láctales | |
accusative | láctame | láctate | láctalo, láctala | láctanos | not used | láctalos, láctalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lactá | |||||||
dative | lactame | lactate | lactale | lactanos | not used | lactales | |
accusative | lactame | lactate | lactalo, lactala | lactanos | not used | lactalos, lactalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative lacte | |||||||
dative | lácteme | not used | láctele, láctese | láctenos | not used | lácteles | |
accusative | lácteme | not used | láctelo, láctela, láctese | láctenos | not used | láctelos, láctelas | |
with first-person plural imperative lactemos | |||||||
dative | not used | lactémoste | lactémosle | lactémonos | lactémoos | lactémosles | |
accusative | not used | lactémoste | lactémoslo, lactémosla | lactémonos | lactémoos | lactémoslos, lactémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative lactad | |||||||
dative | lactadme | not used | lactadle | lactadnos | lactaos | lactadles | |
accusative | lactadme | not used | lactadlo, lactadla | lactadnos | lactaos | lactadlos, lactadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative lacten | |||||||
dative | láctenme | not used | láctenle | láctennos | not used | láctenles, láctense | |
accusative | láctenme | not used | láctenlo, láctenla | láctennos | not used | láctenlos, láctenlas, láctense |
Related terms
- leche
Further reading
- “lactar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014