machetear
Spanish
Etymology
From machete + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [ma.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧che‧te‧ar
Verb
machetear (first-person singular present macheteo, first-person singular preterite macheteé, past participle macheteado)
- (transitive) to chop with a machete
- (Chile) to ask for money or food
Conjugation
Conjugation of machetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | machetear | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | macheteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | macheteado | macheteada | |||||
plural | macheteados | macheteadas | |||||
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 | macheteo | macheteastú macheteásvos | machetea | macheteamos | macheteáis | machetean | |
imperfect | macheteaba | macheteabas | macheteaba | macheteábamos | macheteabais | macheteaban | |
preterite | macheteé | macheteaste | macheteó | macheteamos | macheteasteis | machetearon | |
future | machetearé | machetearás | macheteará | machetearemos | machetearéis | machetearán | |
conditional | machetearía | machetearías | machetearía | machetearíamos | machetearíais | machetearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | machetee | macheteestú macheteésvos2 | machetee | macheteemos | macheteéis | macheteen | |
imperfect (ra) | macheteara | machetearas | macheteara | macheteáramos | machetearais | machetearan | |
imperfect (se) | machetease | macheteases | machetease | macheteásemos | macheteaseis | macheteasen | |
future1 | macheteare | macheteares | macheteare | macheteáremos | macheteareis | machetearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | macheteatú macheteávos | machetee | macheteemos | machetead | macheteen | ||
negative | no machetees | no machetee | no macheteemos | no macheteéis | no macheteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “machetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014