regatear
Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *recaptare, from Latin re + captare (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reɣateˈaɾ/
Verb
regatear (first-person singular present regateo, first-person singular preterite regateei, past participle regateado)
- (dated) to resell
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
- Iten que regaton nen regateira nen outra persona algũa non seja ousado de conprar enna çidade nen fora dela duas legoas arredor cousa algũa para a regatar et vender outra ves so pena adeante contiuda.
- Item, that no reseller, man or woman, nor anyone else, dares to buy —in this city or outside of it two leagues around— anything for reselling and selling again under the penalty that is set forth
- Iten que regaton nen regateira nen outra persona algũa non seja ousado de conprar enna çidade nen fora dela duas legoas arredor cousa algũa para a regatar et vender outra ves so pena adeante contiuda.
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
- to haggle
- Synonym: relear
Conjugation
Conjugation of regatear
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | regatear | |||||
| personal | regatear | regateares | regatear | regatearmos | regateardes | regatearen |
| Gerund | ||||||
| regateando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | regateado | regateados | ||||
| feminine | regateada | regateadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | regateo | regateas | regatea | regateamos | regateades | regatean |
| imperfect | regateaba | regateabas | regateaba | regateabamos | regateabades | regateaban |
| preterite | regateei | regateaches | regateou | regateamos | regateastes | regatearon |
| pluperfect | regateara | regatearas | regateara | regatearamos | regatearades | regatearan |
| future | regatearei | regatearás | regateará | regatearemos | regatearedes | regatearán |
| conditional | regatearía | regatearías | regatearía | regateariamos | regateariades | regatearían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | regatee | regatees | regatee | regateemos | regateedes | regateen |
| preterite | regatease | regateases | regatease | regateásemos | regateásedes | regateasen |
| future | regatear | regateares | regatear | regatearmos | regateardes | regatearen |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | regatea | regatee | regateemos | regateade | regateen |
| negative | – | regatees | regatee | regateemos | regateedes | regateen |
Related terms
- regateiro
- regatón
References
- “regatar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “regat” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “regatear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “regatear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “regatear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- regatar
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, from Latin re- + captāre (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ɡa.teˈa(ʁ)/ [he.ɡa.teˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.ɡa.teˈa(ɾ)/ [he.ɡa.teˈa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.ɡa.teˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.ɡa.teˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ɡa.teˈa(ɻ)/ [he.ɡa.teˈa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈtjaɾ/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈtjaɾ]
Verb
regatear (first-person singular present regateio, first-person singular preterite regateei, past participle regateado)
- to haggle over
Conjugation
Conjugation of regatear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | regatear | |||||
| Personal | regatear | regateares | regatear | regatearmos | regateardes | regatearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| regateando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | regateado | regateados | ||||
| Feminine | regateada | regateadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | regateio | regateias | regateia | regateamos | regateais | regateiam |
| Imperfect | regateava | regateavas | regateava | regateávamos | regateáveis | regateavam |
| Preterite | regateei | regateaste | regateou | regateamos1, regateámos2 | regateastes | regatearam |
| Pluperfect | regateara | regatearas | regateara | regateáramos | regateáreis | regatearam |
| Future | regatearei | regatearás | regateará | regatearemos | regateareis | regatearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| regatearia | regatearias | regatearia | regatearíamos | regatearíeis | regateariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | regateie | regateies | regateie | regateemos | regateeis | regateiem |
| Imperfect | regateasse | regateasses | regateasse | regateássemos | regateásseis | regateassem |
| Future | regatear | regateares | regatear | regatearmos | regateardes | regatearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | regateia | regateie | regateemos | regateai | regateiem | |
| Negative (não) | não regateies | não regateie | não regateemos | não regateeis | não regateiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From recatear, from recatar, from Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, from Latin re- + captō (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reɡateˈaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ga‧te‧ar
Verb
regatear (first-person singular present regateo, first-person singular preterite regateé, past participle regateado)
- to bargain
- to barter
- to haggle over
- to begrudge
- (nautical) to race
Conjugation
Conjugation of regatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | regatear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | regateando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | regateado | regateada | |||||
| plural | regateados | regateadas | |||||
| 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 | regateo | regateastú regateásvos | regatea | regateamos | regateáis | regatean | |
| imperfect | regateaba | regateabas | regateaba | regateábamos | regateabais | regateaban | |
| preterite | regateé | regateaste | regateó | regateamos | regateasteis | regatearon | |
| future | regatearé | regatearás | regateará | regatearemos | regatearéis | regatearán | |
| conditional | regatearía | regatearías | regatearía | regatearíamos | regatearíais | regatearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | regatee | regateestú regateésvos2 | regatee | regateemos | regateéis | regateen | |
| imperfect (ra) | regateara | regatearas | regateara | regateáramos | regatearais | regatearan | |
| imperfect (se) | regatease | regateases | regatease | regateásemos | regateaseis | regateasen | |
| future1 | regateare | regateares | regateare | regateáremos | regateareis | regatearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | regateatú regateávos | regatee | regateemos | regatead | regateen | ||
| negative | no regatees | no regatee | no regateemos | no regateéis | no regateen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of regatear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive regatear | |||||||
| dative | regatearme | regatearte | regatearle, regatearse | regatearnos | regatearos | regatearles, regatearse | |
| accusative | regatearme | regatearte | regatearlo, regatearla, regatearse | regatearnos | regatearos | regatearlos, regatearlas, regatearse | |
| with gerund regateando | |||||||
| dative | regateándome | regateándote | regateándole, regateándose | regateándonos | regateándoos | regateándoles, regateándose | |
| accusative | regateándome | regateándote | regateándolo, regateándola, regateándose | regateándonos | regateándoos | regateándolos, regateándolas, regateándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative regatea | |||||||
| dative | regatéame | regatéate | regatéale | regatéanos | not used | regatéales | |
| accusative | regatéame | regatéate | regatéalo, regatéala | regatéanos | not used | regatéalos, regatéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative regateá | |||||||
| dative | regateame | regateate | regateale | regateanos | not used | regateales | |
| accusative | regateame | regateate | regatealo, regateala | regateanos | not used | regatealos, regatealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative regatee | |||||||
| dative | regatéeme | not used | regatéele, regatéese | regatéenos | not used | regatéeles | |
| accusative | regatéeme | not used | regatéelo, regatéela, regatéese | regatéenos | not used | regatéelos, regatéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative regateemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | regateémoste | regateémosle | regateémonos | regateémoos | regateémosles | |
| accusative | not used | regateémoste | regateémoslo, regateémosla | regateémonos | regateémoos | regateémoslos, regateémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative regatead | |||||||
| dative | regateadme | not used | regateadle | regateadnos | regateaos | regateadles | |
| accusative | regateadme | not used | regateadlo, regateadla | regateadnos | regateaos | regateadlos, regateadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative regateen | |||||||
| dative | regatéenme | not used | regatéenle | regatéennos | not used | regatéenles, regatéense | |
| accusative | regatéenme | not used | regatéenlo, regatéenla | regatéennos | not used | regatéenlos, regatéenlas, regatéense | |
Derived terms
- regateo
See also
- escatimar
Further reading
- “regatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014