acicatear
Spanish
Etymology
From acicate + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθikateˈaɾ/ [a.θi.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asikateˈaɾ/ [a.si.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te‧ar
Verb
acicatear (first-person singular present acicateo, first-person singular preterite acicateé, past participle acicateado)
- (transitive) to spur on
- Synonyms: espolear, espolonear
Conjugation
Conjugation of acicatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | acicatear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | acicateando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | acicateado | acicateada | |||||
| plural | acicateados | acicateadas | |||||
| 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 | acicateo | acicateastú acicateásvos | acicatea | acicateamos | acicateáis | acicatean | |
| imperfect | acicateaba | acicateabas | acicateaba | acicateábamos | acicateabais | acicateaban | |
| preterite | acicateé | acicateaste | acicateó | acicateamos | acicateasteis | acicatearon | |
| future | acicatearé | acicatearás | acicateará | acicatearemos | acicatearéis | acicatearán | |
| conditional | acicatearía | acicatearías | acicatearía | acicatearíamos | acicatearíais | acicatearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | acicatee | acicateestú acicateésvos2 | acicatee | acicateemos | acicateéis | acicateen | |
| imperfect (ra) | acicateara | acicatearas | acicateara | acicateáramos | acicatearais | acicatearan | |
| imperfect (se) | acicatease | acicateases | acicatease | acicateásemos | acicateaseis | acicateasen | |
| future1 | acicateare | acicateares | acicateare | acicateáremos | acicateareis | acicatearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | acicateatú acicateávos | acicatee | acicateemos | acicatead | acicateen | ||
| negative | no acicatees | no acicatee | no acicateemos | no acicateéis | no acicateen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of acicatear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive acicatear | |||||||
| dative | acicatearme | acicatearte | acicatearle, acicatearse | acicatearnos | acicatearos | acicatearles, acicatearse | |
| accusative | acicatearme | acicatearte | acicatearlo, acicatearla, acicatearse | acicatearnos | acicatearos | acicatearlos, acicatearlas, acicatearse | |
| with gerund acicateando | |||||||
| dative | acicateándome | acicateándote | acicateándole, acicateándose | acicateándonos | acicateándoos | acicateándoles, acicateándose | |
| accusative | acicateándome | acicateándote | acicateándolo, acicateándola, acicateándose | acicateándonos | acicateándoos | acicateándolos, acicateándolas, acicateándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative acicatea | |||||||
| dative | acicatéame | acicatéate | acicatéale | acicatéanos | not used | acicatéales | |
| accusative | acicatéame | acicatéate | acicatéalo, acicatéala | acicatéanos | not used | acicatéalos, acicatéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative acicateá | |||||||
| dative | acicateame | acicateate | acicateale | acicateanos | not used | acicateales | |
| accusative | acicateame | acicateate | acicatealo, acicateala | acicateanos | not used | acicatealos, acicatealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative acicatee | |||||||
| dative | acicatéeme | not used | acicatéele, acicatéese | acicatéenos | not used | acicatéeles | |
| accusative | acicatéeme | not used | acicatéelo, acicatéela, acicatéese | acicatéenos | not used | acicatéelos, acicatéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative acicateemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | acicateémoste | acicateémosle | acicateémonos | acicateémoos | acicateémosles | |
| accusative | not used | acicateémoste | acicateémoslo, acicateémosla | acicateémonos | acicateémoos | acicateémoslos, acicateémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative acicatead | |||||||
| dative | acicateadme | not used | acicateadle | acicateadnos | acicateaos | acicateadles | |
| accusative | acicateadme | not used | acicateadlo, acicateadla | acicateadnos | acicateaos | acicateadlos, acicateadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative acicateen | |||||||
| dative | acicatéenme | not used | acicatéenle | acicatéennos | not used | acicatéenles, acicatéense | |
| accusative | acicatéenme | not used | acicatéenlo, acicatéenla | acicatéennos | not used | acicatéenlos, acicatéenlas, acicatéense | |
Further reading
- “acicatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014