picotear
Spanish
Etymology
From pico (“beak”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pikoteˈaɾ/ [pi.ko.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pi‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
picotear (first-person singular present picoteo, first-person singular preterite picoteé, past participle picoteado)
- (transitive) to peck (strike with a beak)
- (transitive, intransitive) to nibble
- Synonym: picar
Conjugation
Conjugation of picotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | picotear | ||||||
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gerund | picoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | picoteado | picoteada | |||||
plural | picoteados | picoteadas | |||||
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 | picoteo | picoteastú picoteásvos | picotea | picoteamos | picoteáis | picotean | |
imperfect | picoteaba | picoteabas | picoteaba | picoteábamos | picoteabais | picoteaban | |
preterite | picoteé | picoteaste | picoteó | picoteamos | picoteasteis | picotearon | |
future | picotearé | picotearás | picoteará | picotearemos | picotearéis | picotearán | |
conditional | picotearía | picotearías | picotearía | picotearíamos | picotearíais | picotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | picotee | picoteestú picoteésvos2 | picotee | picoteemos | picoteéis | picoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | picoteara | picotearas | picoteara | picoteáramos | picotearais | picotearan | |
imperfect (se) | picotease | picoteases | picotease | picoteásemos | picoteaseis | picoteasen | |
future1 | picoteare | picoteares | picoteare | picoteáremos | picoteareis | picotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | picoteatú picoteávos | picotee | picoteemos | picotead | picoteen | ||
negative | no picotees | no picotee | no picoteemos | no picoteéis | no picoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of picotear
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 picotear | |||||||
dative | picotearme | picotearte | picotearle, picotearse | picotearnos | picotearos | picotearles, picotearse | |
accusative | picotearme | picotearte | picotearlo, picotearla, picotearse | picotearnos | picotearos | picotearlos, picotearlas, picotearse | |
with gerund picoteando | |||||||
dative | picoteándome | picoteándote | picoteándole, picoteándose | picoteándonos | picoteándoos | picoteándoles, picoteándose | |
accusative | picoteándome | picoteándote | picoteándolo, picoteándola, picoteándose | picoteándonos | picoteándoos | picoteándolos, picoteándolas, picoteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative picotea | |||||||
dative | picotéame | picotéate | picotéale | picotéanos | not used | picotéales | |
accusative | picotéame | picotéate | picotéalo, picotéala | picotéanos | not used | picotéalos, picotéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative picoteá | |||||||
dative | picoteame | picoteate | picoteale | picoteanos | not used | picoteales | |
accusative | picoteame | picoteate | picotealo, picoteala | picoteanos | not used | picotealos, picotealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative picotee | |||||||
dative | picotéeme | not used | picotéele, picotéese | picotéenos | not used | picotéeles | |
accusative | picotéeme | not used | picotéelo, picotéela, picotéese | picotéenos | not used | picotéelos, picotéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative picoteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | picoteémoste | picoteémosle | picoteémonos | picoteémoos | picoteémosles | |
accusative | not used | picoteémoste | picoteémoslo, picoteémosla | picoteémonos | picoteémoos | picoteémoslos, picoteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative picotead | |||||||
dative | picoteadme | not used | picoteadle | picoteadnos | picoteaos | picoteadles | |
accusative | picoteadme | not used | picoteadlo, picoteadla | picoteadnos | picoteaos | picoteadlos, picoteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative picoteen | |||||||
dative | picotéenme | not used | picotéenle | picotéennos | not used | picotéenles, picotéense | |
accusative | picotéenme | not used | picotéenlo, picotéenla | picotéennos | not used | picotéenlos, picotéenlas, picotéense |
Derived terms
- picoteo
Further reading
- “picotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014