tijeretear
Spanish
Etymology
tijereta + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tixeɾeteˈaɾ/ [t̪i.xe.ɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ti‧je‧re‧te‧ar
Verb
tijeretear (first-person singular present tijereteo, first-person singular preterite tijereteé, past participle tijereteado)
- (transitive) to snip away at
Conjugation
Conjugation of tijeretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tijeretear | ||||||
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gerund | tijereteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tijereteado | tijereteada | |||||
plural | tijereteados | tijereteadas | |||||
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 | tijereteo | tijereteastú tijereteásvos | tijeretea | tijereteamos | tijereteáis | tijeretean | |
imperfect | tijereteaba | tijereteabas | tijereteaba | tijereteábamos | tijereteabais | tijereteaban | |
preterite | tijereteé | tijereteaste | tijereteó | tijereteamos | tijereteasteis | tijeretearon | |
future | tijeretearé | tijeretearás | tijereteará | tijeretearemos | tijeretearéis | tijeretearán | |
conditional | tijeretearía | tijeretearías | tijeretearía | tijeretearíamos | tijeretearíais | tijeretearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tijeretee | tijereteestú tijereteésvos2 | tijeretee | tijereteemos | tijereteéis | tijereteen | |
imperfect (ra) | tijereteara | tijeretearas | tijereteara | tijereteáramos | tijeretearais | tijeretearan | |
imperfect (se) | tijeretease | tijereteases | tijeretease | tijereteásemos | tijereteaseis | tijereteasen | |
future1 | tijereteare | tijereteares | tijereteare | tijereteáremos | tijereteareis | tijeretearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tijereteatú tijereteávos | tijeretee | tijereteemos | tijeretead | tijereteen | ||
negative | no tijeretees | no tijeretee | no tijereteemos | no tijereteéis | no tijereteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tijeretear
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 tijeretear | |||||||
dative | tijeretearme | tijeretearte | tijeretearle, tijeretearse | tijeretearnos | tijeretearos | tijeretearles, tijeretearse | |
accusative | tijeretearme | tijeretearte | tijeretearlo, tijeretearla, tijeretearse | tijeretearnos | tijeretearos | tijeretearlos, tijeretearlas, tijeretearse | |
with gerund tijereteando | |||||||
dative | tijereteándome | tijereteándote | tijereteándole, tijereteándose | tijereteándonos | tijereteándoos | tijereteándoles, tijereteándose | |
accusative | tijereteándome | tijereteándote | tijereteándolo, tijereteándola, tijereteándose | tijereteándonos | tijereteándoos | tijereteándolos, tijereteándolas, tijereteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tijeretea | |||||||
dative | tijeretéame | tijeretéate | tijeretéale | tijeretéanos | not used | tijeretéales | |
accusative | tijeretéame | tijeretéate | tijeretéalo, tijeretéala | tijeretéanos | not used | tijeretéalos, tijeretéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tijereteá | |||||||
dative | tijereteame | tijereteate | tijereteale | tijereteanos | not used | tijereteales | |
accusative | tijereteame | tijereteate | tijeretealo, tijereteala | tijereteanos | not used | tijeretealos, tijeretealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tijeretee | |||||||
dative | tijeretéeme | not used | tijeretéele, tijeretéese | tijeretéenos | not used | tijeretéeles | |
accusative | tijeretéeme | not used | tijeretéelo, tijeretéela, tijeretéese | tijeretéenos | not used | tijeretéelos, tijeretéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative tijereteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tijereteémoste | tijereteémosle | tijereteémonos | tijereteémoos | tijereteémosles | |
accusative | not used | tijereteémoste | tijereteémoslo, tijereteémosla | tijereteémonos | tijereteémoos | tijereteémoslos, tijereteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tijeretead | |||||||
dative | tijereteadme | not used | tijereteadle | tijereteadnos | tijereteaos | tijereteadles | |
accusative | tijereteadme | not used | tijereteadlo, tijereteadla | tijereteadnos | tijereteaos | tijereteadlos, tijereteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tijereteen | |||||||
dative | tijeretéenme | not used | tijeretéenle | tijeretéennos | not used | tijeretéenles, tijeretéense | |
accusative | tijeretéenme | not used | tijeretéenlo, tijeretéenla | tijeretéennos | not used | tijeretéenlos, tijeretéenlas, tijeretéense |
Further reading
- “tijeretear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014