camotear
Spanish
Etymology
From camote (“sweet potato”) + -ear.
Verb
camotear (first-person singular present camoteo, first-person singular preterite camoteé, past participle camoteado)
- (Mexico) to wander with no specific purpose in mind
Conjugation
Conjugation of camotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | camotear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | camoteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | camoteado | camoteada | |||||
| plural | camoteados | camoteadas | |||||
| 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 | camoteo | camoteastú camoteásvos | camotea | camoteamos | camoteáis | camotean | |
| imperfect | camoteaba | camoteabas | camoteaba | camoteábamos | camoteabais | camoteaban | |
| preterite | camoteé | camoteaste | camoteó | camoteamos | camoteasteis | camotearon | |
| future | camotearé | camotearás | camoteará | camotearemos | camotearéis | camotearán | |
| conditional | camotearía | camotearías | camotearía | camotearíamos | camotearíais | camotearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | camotee | camoteestú camoteésvos2 | camotee | camoteemos | camoteéis | camoteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | camoteara | camotearas | camoteara | camoteáramos | camotearais | camotearan | |
| imperfect (se) | camotease | camoteases | camotease | camoteásemos | camoteaseis | camoteasen | |
| future1 | camoteare | camoteares | camoteare | camoteáremos | camoteareis | camotearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | camoteatú camoteávos | camotee | camoteemos | camotead | camoteen | ||
| negative | no camotees | no camotee | no camoteemos | no camoteéis | no camoteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “camotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014