motear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moteˈaɾ/ [mo.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mo‧te‧ar
Verb
motear (first-person singular present moteo, first-person singular preterite moteé, past participle moteado)
- to dapple
Conjugation
Conjugation of motear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | motear | ||||||
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gerund | moteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | moteado | moteada | |||||
plural | moteados | moteadas | |||||
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 | moteo | moteastú moteásvos | motea | moteamos | moteáis | motean | |
imperfect | moteaba | moteabas | moteaba | moteábamos | moteabais | moteaban | |
preterite | moteé | moteaste | moteó | moteamos | moteasteis | motearon | |
future | motearé | motearás | moteará | motearemos | motearéis | motearán | |
conditional | motearía | motearías | motearía | motearíamos | motearíais | motearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | motee | moteestú moteésvos2 | motee | moteemos | moteéis | moteen | |
imperfect (ra) | moteara | motearas | moteara | moteáramos | motearais | motearan | |
imperfect (se) | motease | moteases | motease | moteásemos | moteaseis | moteasen | |
future1 | moteare | moteares | moteare | moteáremos | moteareis | motearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | moteatú moteávos | motee | moteemos | motead | moteen | ||
negative | no motees | no motee | no moteemos | no moteéis | no moteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of motear
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 motear | |||||||
dative | motearme | motearte | motearle, motearse | motearnos | motearos | motearles, motearse | |
accusative | motearme | motearte | motearlo, motearla, motearse | motearnos | motearos | motearlos, motearlas, motearse | |
with gerund moteando | |||||||
dative | moteándome | moteándote | moteándole, moteándose | moteándonos | moteándoos | moteándoles, moteándose | |
accusative | moteándome | moteándote | moteándolo, moteándola, moteándose | moteándonos | moteándoos | moteándolos, moteándolas, moteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative motea | |||||||
dative | motéame | motéate | motéale | motéanos | not used | motéales | |
accusative | motéame | motéate | motéalo, motéala | motéanos | not used | motéalos, motéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative moteá | |||||||
dative | moteame | moteate | moteale | moteanos | not used | moteales | |
accusative | moteame | moteate | motealo, moteala | moteanos | not used | motealos, motealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative motee | |||||||
dative | motéeme | not used | motéele, motéese | motéenos | not used | motéeles | |
accusative | motéeme | not used | motéelo, motéela, motéese | motéenos | not used | motéelos, motéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative moteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | moteémoste | moteémosle | moteémonos | moteémoos | moteémosles | |
accusative | not used | moteémoste | moteémoslo, moteémosla | moteémonos | moteémoos | moteémoslos, moteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative motead | |||||||
dative | moteadme | not used | moteadle | moteadnos | moteaos | moteadles | |
accusative | moteadme | not used | moteadlo, moteadla | moteadnos | moteaos | moteadlos, moteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative moteen | |||||||
dative | motéenme | not used | motéenle | motéennos | not used | motéenles, motéense | |
accusative | motéenme | not used | motéenlo, motéenla | motéennos | not used | motéenlos, motéenlas, motéense |
Further reading
- “motear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014