otar
Spanish
Etymology
From archaic oto (“high”), from Latin altus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈtaɾ/ [oˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧tar
Verb
otar (first-person singular present oto, first-person singular preterite oté, past participle otado)
- (archaic, transitive) to spot; espy (from somewhere high)
Conjugation
Conjugation of otar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | otar | ||||||
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gerund | otando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | otado | otada | |||||
plural | otados | otadas | |||||
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 | oto | otastú otásvos | ota | otamos | otáis | otan | |
imperfect | otaba | otabas | otaba | otábamos | otabais | otaban | |
preterite | oté | otaste | otó | otamos | otasteis | otaron | |
future | otaré | otarás | otará | otaremos | otaréis | otarán | |
conditional | otaría | otarías | otaría | otaríamos | otaríais | otarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | ote | otestú otésvos2 | ote | otemos | otéis | oten | |
imperfect (ra) | otara | otaras | otara | otáramos | otarais | otaran | |
imperfect (se) | otase | otases | otase | otásemos | otaseis | otasen | |
future1 | otare | otares | otare | otáremos | otareis | otaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | otatú otávos | ote | otemos | otad | oten | ||
negative | no otes | no ote | no otemos | no otéis | no oten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- otear
Further reading
- “otar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014