revolotear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reboloteˈaɾ/ [re.β̞o.lo.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧vo‧lo‧te‧ar
Verb
revolotear (first-person singular present revoloteo, first-person singular preterite revoloteé, past participle revoloteado)
- to fly around
Conjugation
Conjugation of revolotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | revolotear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | revoloteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | revoloteado | revoloteada | |||||
| plural | revoloteados | revoloteadas | |||||
| 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 | revoloteo | revoloteastú revoloteásvos | revolotea | revoloteamos | revoloteáis | revolotean | |
| imperfect | revoloteaba | revoloteabas | revoloteaba | revoloteábamos | revoloteabais | revoloteaban | |
| preterite | revoloteé | revoloteaste | revoloteó | revoloteamos | revoloteasteis | revolotearon | |
| future | revolotearé | revolotearás | revoloteará | revolotearemos | revolotearéis | revolotearán | |
| conditional | revolotearía | revolotearías | revolotearía | revolotearíamos | revolotearíais | revolotearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | revolotee | revoloteestú revoloteésvos2 | revolotee | revoloteemos | revoloteéis | revoloteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | revoloteara | revolotearas | revoloteara | revoloteáramos | revolotearais | revolotearan | |
| imperfect (se) | revolotease | revoloteases | revolotease | revoloteásemos | revoloteaseis | revoloteasen | |
| future1 | revoloteare | revoloteares | revoloteare | revoloteáremos | revoloteareis | revolotearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | revoloteatú revoloteávos | revolotee | revoloteemos | revolotead | revoloteen | ||
| negative | no revolotees | no revolotee | no revoloteemos | no revoloteéis | no revoloteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of revolotear
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 revolotear | |||||||
| dative | revolotearme | revolotearte | revolotearle, revolotearse | revolotearnos | revolotearos | revolotearles, revolotearse | |
| accusative | revolotearme | revolotearte | revolotearlo, revolotearla, revolotearse | revolotearnos | revolotearos | revolotearlos, revolotearlas, revolotearse | |
| with gerund revoloteando | |||||||
| dative | revoloteándome | revoloteándote | revoloteándole, revoloteándose | revoloteándonos | revoloteándoos | revoloteándoles, revoloteándose | |
| accusative | revoloteándome | revoloteándote | revoloteándolo, revoloteándola, revoloteándose | revoloteándonos | revoloteándoos | revoloteándolos, revoloteándolas, revoloteándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative revolotea | |||||||
| dative | revolotéame | revolotéate | revolotéale | revolotéanos | not used | revolotéales | |
| accusative | revolotéame | revolotéate | revolotéalo, revolotéala | revolotéanos | not used | revolotéalos, revolotéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative revoloteá | |||||||
| dative | revoloteame | revoloteate | revoloteale | revoloteanos | not used | revoloteales | |
| accusative | revoloteame | revoloteate | revolotealo, revoloteala | revoloteanos | not used | revolotealos, revolotealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative revolotee | |||||||
| dative | revolotéeme | not used | revolotéele, revolotéese | revolotéenos | not used | revolotéeles | |
| accusative | revolotéeme | not used | revolotéelo, revolotéela, revolotéese | revolotéenos | not used | revolotéelos, revolotéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative revoloteemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | revoloteémoste | revoloteémosle | revoloteémonos | revoloteémoos | revoloteémosles | |
| accusative | not used | revoloteémoste | revoloteémoslo, revoloteémosla | revoloteémonos | revoloteémoos | revoloteémoslos, revoloteémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative revolotead | |||||||
| dative | revoloteadme | not used | revoloteadle | revoloteadnos | revoloteaos | revoloteadles | |
| accusative | revoloteadme | not used | revoloteadlo, revoloteadla | revoloteadnos | revoloteaos | revoloteadlos, revoloteadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative revoloteen | |||||||
| dative | revolotéenme | not used | revolotéenle | revolotéennos | not used | revolotéenles, revolotéense | |
| accusative | revolotéenme | not used | revolotéenlo, revolotéenla | revolotéennos | not used | revolotéenlos, revolotéenlas, revolotéense | |
Derived terms
- revoloteo
Further reading
- “revolotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014