tontear
Spanish
Etymology
From tonto (“silly”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonteˈaɾ/ [t̪õn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ton‧te‧ar
Verb
tontear (first-person singular present tonteo, first-person singular preterite tonteé, past participle tonteado)
- to do or say stupid things
- to flirt
- Synonym: flirtear
Conjugation
Conjugation of tontear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tontear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tonteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tonteado | tonteada | |||||
| plural | tonteados | tonteadas | |||||
| 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 | tonteo | tonteastú tonteásvos | tontea | tonteamos | tonteáis | tontean | |
| imperfect | tonteaba | tonteabas | tonteaba | tonteábamos | tonteabais | tonteaban | |
| preterite | tonteé | tonteaste | tonteó | tonteamos | tonteasteis | tontearon | |
| future | tontearé | tontearás | tonteará | tontearemos | tontearéis | tontearán | |
| conditional | tontearía | tontearías | tontearía | tontearíamos | tontearíais | tontearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tontee | tonteestú tonteésvos2 | tontee | tonteemos | tonteéis | tonteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | tonteara | tontearas | tonteara | tonteáramos | tontearais | tontearan | |
| imperfect (se) | tontease | tonteases | tontease | tonteásemos | tonteaseis | tonteasen | |
| future1 | tonteare | tonteares | tonteare | tonteáremos | tonteareis | tontearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tonteatú tonteávos | tontee | tonteemos | tontead | tonteen | ||
| negative | no tontees | no tontee | no tonteemos | no tonteéis | no tonteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “tontear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014