tararear
Spanish
Etymology
tarara + -ear
Verb
tararear (first-person singular present tarareo, first-person singular preterite tarareé, past participle tarareado)
- (transitive) to hum
Conjugation
Conjugation of tararear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tararear | ||||||
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gerund | tarareando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tarareado | tarareada | |||||
plural | tarareados | tarareadas | |||||
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 | tarareo | tarareastú tarareásvos | tararea | tarareamos | tarareáis | tararean | |
imperfect | tarareaba | tarareabas | tarareaba | tarareábamos | tarareabais | tarareaban | |
preterite | tarareé | tarareaste | tarareó | tarareamos | tarareasteis | tararearon | |
future | tararearé | tararearás | tarareará | tararearemos | tararearéis | tararearán | |
conditional | tararearía | tararearías | tararearía | tararearíamos | tararearíais | tararearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tararee | tarareestú tarareésvos2 | tararee | tarareemos | tarareéis | tarareen | |
imperfect (ra) | tarareara | tararearas | tarareara | tarareáramos | tararearais | tararearan | |
imperfect (se) | tararease | tarareases | tararease | tarareásemos | tarareaseis | tarareasen | |
future1 | tarareare | tarareares | tarareare | tarareáremos | tarareareis | tararearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tarareatú tarareávos | tararee | tarareemos | tararead | tarareen | ||
negative | no tararees | no tararee | no tarareemos | no tarareéis | no tarareen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tararear
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 tararear | |||||||
dative | tararearme | tararearte | tararearle, tararearse | tararearnos | tararearos | tararearles, tararearse | |
accusative | tararearme | tararearte | tararearlo, tararearla, tararearse | tararearnos | tararearos | tararearlos, tararearlas, tararearse | |
with gerund tarareando | |||||||
dative | tarareándome | tarareándote | tarareándole, tarareándose | tarareándonos | tarareándoos | tarareándoles, tarareándose | |
accusative | tarareándome | tarareándote | tarareándolo, tarareándola, tarareándose | tarareándonos | tarareándoos | tarareándolos, tarareándolas, tarareándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tararea | |||||||
dative | tararéame | tararéate | tararéale | tararéanos | not used | tararéales | |
accusative | tararéame | tararéate | tararéalo, tararéala | tararéanos | not used | tararéalos, tararéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tarareá | |||||||
dative | tarareame | tarareate | tarareale | tarareanos | not used | tarareales | |
accusative | tarareame | tarareate | tararealo, tarareala | tarareanos | not used | tararealos, tararealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tararee | |||||||
dative | tararéeme | not used | tararéele, tararéese | tararéenos | not used | tararéeles | |
accusative | tararéeme | not used | tararéelo, tararéela, tararéese | tararéenos | not used | tararéelos, tararéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative tarareemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tarareémoste | tarareémosle | tarareémonos | tarareémoos | tarareémosles | |
accusative | not used | tarareémoste | tarareémoslo, tarareémosla | tarareémonos | tarareémoos | tarareémoslos, tarareémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tararead | |||||||
dative | tarareadme | not used | tarareadle | tarareadnos | tarareaos | tarareadles | |
accusative | tarareadme | not used | tarareadlo, tarareadla | tarareadnos | tarareaos | tarareadlos, tarareadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tarareen | |||||||
dative | tararéenme | not used | tararéenle | tararéennos | not used | tararéenles, tararéense | |
accusative | tararéenme | not used | tararéenlo, tararéenla | tararéennos | not used | tararéenlos, tararéenlas, tararéense |
Further reading
- “tararear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014