capotear
Spanish
Verb
capotear (first-person singular present capoteo, first-person singular preterite capoteé, past participle capoteado)
- (bullfighting) to make movements of the capote (a cape)
- to take for a ride, to give someone the runaround
Conjugation
Conjugation of capotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | capotear | ||||||
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gerund | capoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | capoteado | capoteada | |||||
plural | capoteados | capoteadas | |||||
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 | capoteo | capoteastú capoteásvos | capotea | capoteamos | capoteáis | capotean | |
imperfect | capoteaba | capoteabas | capoteaba | capoteábamos | capoteabais | capoteaban | |
preterite | capoteé | capoteaste | capoteó | capoteamos | capoteasteis | capotearon | |
future | capotearé | capotearás | capoteará | capotearemos | capotearéis | capotearán | |
conditional | capotearía | capotearías | capotearía | capotearíamos | capotearíais | capotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | capotee | capoteestú capoteésvos2 | capotee | capoteemos | capoteéis | capoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | capoteara | capotearas | capoteara | capoteáramos | capotearais | capotearan | |
imperfect (se) | capotease | capoteases | capotease | capoteásemos | capoteaseis | capoteasen | |
future1 | capoteare | capoteares | capoteare | capoteáremos | capoteareis | capotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | capoteatú capoteávos | capotee | capoteemos | capotead | capoteen | ||
negative | no capotees | no capotee | no capoteemos | no capoteéis | no capoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of capotear
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 capotear | |||||||
dative | capotearme | capotearte | capotearle, capotearse | capotearnos | capotearos | capotearles, capotearse | |
accusative | capotearme | capotearte | capotearlo, capotearla, capotearse | capotearnos | capotearos | capotearlos, capotearlas, capotearse | |
with gerund capoteando | |||||||
dative | capoteándome | capoteándote | capoteándole, capoteándose | capoteándonos | capoteándoos | capoteándoles, capoteándose | |
accusative | capoteándome | capoteándote | capoteándolo, capoteándola, capoteándose | capoteándonos | capoteándoos | capoteándolos, capoteándolas, capoteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative capotea | |||||||
dative | capotéame | capotéate | capotéale | capotéanos | not used | capotéales | |
accusative | capotéame | capotéate | capotéalo, capotéala | capotéanos | not used | capotéalos, capotéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative capoteá | |||||||
dative | capoteame | capoteate | capoteale | capoteanos | not used | capoteales | |
accusative | capoteame | capoteate | capotealo, capoteala | capoteanos | not used | capotealos, capotealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative capotee | |||||||
dative | capotéeme | not used | capotéele, capotéese | capotéenos | not used | capotéeles | |
accusative | capotéeme | not used | capotéelo, capotéela, capotéese | capotéenos | not used | capotéelos, capotéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative capoteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | capoteémoste | capoteémosle | capoteémonos | capoteémoos | capoteémosles | |
accusative | not used | capoteémoste | capoteémoslo, capoteémosla | capoteémonos | capoteémoos | capoteémoslos, capoteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative capotead | |||||||
dative | capoteadme | not used | capoteadle | capoteadnos | capoteaos | capoteadles | |
accusative | capoteadme | not used | capoteadlo, capoteadla | capoteadnos | capoteaos | capoteadlos, capoteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative capoteen | |||||||
dative | capotéenme | not used | capotéenle | capotéennos | not used | capotéenles, capotéense | |
accusative | capotéenme | not used | capotéenlo, capotéenla | capotéennos | not used | capotéenlos, capotéenlas, capotéense |
Further reading
- “capotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014