pretextar
Spanish
Etymology
From pretexto + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧tex‧tar
Verb
pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)
- to give as a pretext
Conjugation
Conjugation of pretextar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | pretextar | ||||||
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gerund | pretextando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pretextado | pretextada | |||||
plural | pretextados | pretextadas | |||||
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 | pretexto | pretextastú pretextásvos | pretexta | pretextamos | pretextáis | pretextan | |
imperfect | pretextaba | pretextabas | pretextaba | pretextábamos | pretextabais | pretextaban | |
preterite | pretexté | pretextaste | pretextó | pretextamos | pretextasteis | pretextaron | |
future | pretextaré | pretextarás | pretextará | pretextaremos | pretextaréis | pretextarán | |
conditional | pretextaría | pretextarías | pretextaría | pretextaríamos | pretextaríais | pretextarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pretexte | pretextestú pretextésvos2 | pretexte | pretextemos | pretextéis | pretexten | |
imperfect (ra) | pretextara | pretextaras | pretextara | pretextáramos | pretextarais | pretextaran | |
imperfect (se) | pretextase | pretextases | pretextase | pretextásemos | pretextaseis | pretextasen | |
future1 | pretextare | pretextares | pretextare | pretextáremos | pretextareis | pretextaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | pretextatú pretextávos | pretexte | pretextemos | pretextad | pretexten | ||
negative | no pretextes | no pretexte | no pretextemos | no pretextéis | no pretexten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pretextar
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 pretextar | |||||||
dative | pretextarme | pretextarte | pretextarle, pretextarse | pretextarnos | pretextaros | pretextarles, pretextarse | |
accusative | pretextarme | pretextarte | pretextarlo, pretextarla, pretextarse | pretextarnos | pretextaros | pretextarlos, pretextarlas, pretextarse | |
with gerund pretextando | |||||||
dative | pretextándome | pretextándote | pretextándole, pretextándose | pretextándonos | pretextándoos | pretextándoles, pretextándose | |
accusative | pretextándome | pretextándote | pretextándolo, pretextándola, pretextándose | pretextándonos | pretextándoos | pretextándolos, pretextándolas, pretextándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pretexta | |||||||
dative | pretéxtame | pretéxtate | pretéxtale | pretéxtanos | not used | pretéxtales | |
accusative | pretéxtame | pretéxtate | pretéxtalo, pretéxtala | pretéxtanos | not used | pretéxtalos, pretéxtalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pretextá | |||||||
dative | pretextame | pretextate | pretextale | pretextanos | not used | pretextales | |
accusative | pretextame | pretextate | pretextalo, pretextala | pretextanos | not used | pretextalos, pretextalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte | |||||||
dative | pretéxteme | not used | pretéxtele, pretéxtese | pretéxtenos | not used | pretéxteles | |
accusative | pretéxteme | not used | pretéxtelo, pretéxtela, pretéxtese | pretéxtenos | not used | pretéxtelos, pretéxtelas | |
with first-person plural imperative pretextemos | |||||||
dative | not used | pretextémoste | pretextémosle | pretextémonos | pretextémoos | pretextémosles | |
accusative | not used | pretextémoste | pretextémoslo, pretextémosla | pretextémonos | pretextémoos | pretextémoslos, pretextémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad | |||||||
dative | pretextadme | not used | pretextadle | pretextadnos | pretextaos | pretextadles | |
accusative | pretextadme | not used | pretextadlo, pretextadla | pretextadnos | pretextaos | pretextadlos, pretextadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten | |||||||
dative | pretéxtenme | not used | pretéxtenle | pretéxtennos | not used | pretéxtenles, pretéxtense | |
accusative | pretéxtenme | not used | pretéxtenlo, pretéxtenla | pretéxtennos | not used | pretéxtenlos, pretéxtenlas, pretéxtense |
Further reading
- “pretextar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014