manotear
Spanish
Etymology
From manota + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manoteˈaɾ/ [ma.no.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧no‧te‧ar
Verb
manotear (first-person singular present manoteo, first-person singular preterite manoteé, past participle manoteado)
- (transitive) to slap, smack, spank
- (intransitive) to gesticulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of manotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | manotear | ||||||
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gerund | manoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | manoteado | manoteada | |||||
plural | manoteados | manoteadas | |||||
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 | manoteo | manoteastú manoteásvos | manotea | manoteamos | manoteáis | manotean | |
imperfect | manoteaba | manoteabas | manoteaba | manoteábamos | manoteabais | manoteaban | |
preterite | manoteé | manoteaste | manoteó | manoteamos | manoteasteis | manotearon | |
future | manotearé | manotearás | manoteará | manotearemos | manotearéis | manotearán | |
conditional | manotearía | manotearías | manotearía | manotearíamos | manotearíais | manotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | manotee | manoteestú manoteésvos2 | manotee | manoteemos | manoteéis | manoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | manoteara | manotearas | manoteara | manoteáramos | manotearais | manotearan | |
imperfect (se) | manotease | manoteases | manotease | manoteásemos | manoteaseis | manoteasen | |
future1 | manoteare | manoteares | manoteare | manoteáremos | manoteareis | manotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | manoteatú manoteávos | manotee | manoteemos | manotead | manoteen | ||
negative | no manotees | no manotee | no manoteemos | no manoteéis | no manoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “manotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014