atalayar
Spanish
Etymology
atalaya + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /atalaˈʝaɾ/ [a.t̪a.laˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /atalaˈʃaɾ/ [a.t̪a.laˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /atalaˈʒaɾ/ [a.t̪a.laˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧la‧yar
Verb
atalayar (first-person singular present atalayo, first-person singular preterite atalayé, past participle atalayado)
- (transitive) to watch from a high vantage point
- (transitive) to spy on
Conjugation
Conjugation of atalayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | atalayar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | atalayando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | atalayado | atalayada | |||||
| plural | atalayados | atalayadas | |||||
| 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 | atalayo | atalayastú atalayásvos | atalaya | atalayamos | atalayáis | atalayan | |
| imperfect | atalayaba | atalayabas | atalayaba | atalayábamos | atalayabais | atalayaban | |
| preterite | atalayé | atalayaste | atalayó | atalayamos | atalayasteis | atalayaron | |
| future | atalayaré | atalayarás | atalayará | atalayaremos | atalayaréis | atalayarán | |
| conditional | atalayaría | atalayarías | atalayaría | atalayaríamos | atalayaríais | atalayarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | atalaye | atalayestú atalayésvos2 | atalaye | atalayemos | atalayéis | atalayen | |
| imperfect (ra) | atalayara | atalayaras | atalayara | atalayáramos | atalayarais | atalayaran | |
| imperfect (se) | atalayase | atalayases | atalayase | atalayásemos | atalayaseis | atalayasen | |
| future1 | atalayare | atalayares | atalayare | atalayáremos | atalayareis | atalayaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | atalayatú atalayávos | atalaye | atalayemos | atalayad | atalayen | ||
| negative | no atalayes | no atalaye | no atalayemos | no atalayéis | no atalayen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “atalayar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014