secretear
Spanish
Etymology
From secreto + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sekɾeteˈaɾ/ [se.kɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: se‧cre‧te‧ar
Verb
secretear (first-person singular present secreteo, first-person singular preterite secreteé, past participle secreteado)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to tell a secret
Conjugation
Conjugation of secretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | secretear | ||||||
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gerund | secreteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | secreteado | secreteada | |||||
plural | secreteados | secreteadas | |||||
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 | secreteo | secreteastú secreteásvos | secretea | secreteamos | secreteáis | secretean | |
imperfect | secreteaba | secreteabas | secreteaba | secreteábamos | secreteabais | secreteaban | |
preterite | secreteé | secreteaste | secreteó | secreteamos | secreteasteis | secretearon | |
future | secretearé | secretearás | secreteará | secretearemos | secretearéis | secretearán | |
conditional | secretearía | secretearías | secretearía | secretearíamos | secretearíais | secretearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | secretee | secreteestú secreteésvos2 | secretee | secreteemos | secreteéis | secreteen | |
imperfect (ra) | secreteara | secretearas | secreteara | secreteáramos | secretearais | secretearan | |
imperfect (se) | secretease | secreteases | secretease | secreteásemos | secreteaseis | secreteasen | |
future1 | secreteare | secreteares | secreteare | secreteáremos | secreteareis | secretearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | secreteatú secreteávos | secretee | secreteemos | secretead | secreteen | ||
negative | no secretees | no secretee | no secreteemos | no secreteéis | no secreteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of secretear
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 secretear | |||||||
dative | secretearme | secretearte | secretearle, secretearse | secretearnos | secretearos | secretearles, secretearse | |
accusative | secretearme | secretearte | secretearlo, secretearla, secretearse | secretearnos | secretearos | secretearlos, secretearlas, secretearse | |
with gerund secreteando | |||||||
dative | secreteándome | secreteándote | secreteándole, secreteándose | secreteándonos | secreteándoos | secreteándoles, secreteándose | |
accusative | secreteándome | secreteándote | secreteándolo, secreteándola, secreteándose | secreteándonos | secreteándoos | secreteándolos, secreteándolas, secreteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative secretea | |||||||
dative | secretéame | secretéate | secretéale | secretéanos | not used | secretéales | |
accusative | secretéame | secretéate | secretéalo, secretéala | secretéanos | not used | secretéalos, secretéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative secreteá | |||||||
dative | secreteame | secreteate | secreteale | secreteanos | not used | secreteales | |
accusative | secreteame | secreteate | secretealo, secreteala | secreteanos | not used | secretealos, secretealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative secretee | |||||||
dative | secretéeme | not used | secretéele, secretéese | secretéenos | not used | secretéeles | |
accusative | secretéeme | not used | secretéelo, secretéela, secretéese | secretéenos | not used | secretéelos, secretéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative secreteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | secreteémoste | secreteémosle | secreteémonos | secreteémoos | secreteémosles | |
accusative | not used | secreteémoste | secreteémoslo, secreteémosla | secreteémonos | secreteémoos | secreteémoslos, secreteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative secretead | |||||||
dative | secreteadme | not used | secreteadle | secreteadnos | secreteaos | secreteadles | |
accusative | secreteadme | not used | secreteadlo, secreteadla | secreteadnos | secreteaos | secreteadlos, secreteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative secreteen | |||||||
dative | secretéenme | not used | secretéenle | secretéennos | not used | secretéenles, secretéense | |
accusative | secretéenme | not used | secretéenlo, secretéenla | secretéennos | not used | secretéenlos, secretéenlas, secretéense |
Derived terms
- secreteo
Further reading
- “secretear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014