caracolear
Spanish
Etymology
From caracol + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾakoleˈaɾ/ [ka.ɾa.ko.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧ra‧co‧le‧ar
Verb
caracolear (first-person singular present caracoleo, first-person singular preterite caracoleé, past participle caracoleado)
- (intransitive) to caracole
Conjugation
Conjugation of caracolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | caracolear | ||||||
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gerund | caracoleando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | caracoleado | caracoleada | |||||
plural | caracoleados | caracoleadas | |||||
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 | caracoleo | caracoleastú caracoleásvos | caracolea | caracoleamos | caracoleáis | caracolean | |
imperfect | caracoleaba | caracoleabas | caracoleaba | caracoleábamos | caracoleabais | caracoleaban | |
preterite | caracoleé | caracoleaste | caracoleó | caracoleamos | caracoleasteis | caracolearon | |
future | caracolearé | caracolearás | caracoleará | caracolearemos | caracolearéis | caracolearán | |
conditional | caracolearía | caracolearías | caracolearía | caracolearíamos | caracolearíais | caracolearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | caracolee | caracoleestú caracoleésvos2 | caracolee | caracoleemos | caracoleéis | caracoleen | |
imperfect (ra) | caracoleara | caracolearas | caracoleara | caracoleáramos | caracolearais | caracolearan | |
imperfect (se) | caracolease | caracoleases | caracolease | caracoleásemos | caracoleaseis | caracoleasen | |
future1 | caracoleare | caracoleares | caracoleare | caracoleáremos | caracoleareis | caracolearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | caracoleatú caracoleávos | caracolee | caracoleemos | caracolead | caracoleen | ||
negative | no caracolees | no caracolee | no caracoleemos | no caracoleéis | no caracoleen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of caracolear
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 caracolear | |||||||
dative | caracolearme | caracolearte | caracolearle, caracolearse | caracolearnos | caracolearos | caracolearles, caracolearse | |
accusative | caracolearme | caracolearte | caracolearlo, caracolearla, caracolearse | caracolearnos | caracolearos | caracolearlos, caracolearlas, caracolearse | |
with gerund caracoleando | |||||||
dative | caracoleándome | caracoleándote | caracoleándole, caracoleándose | caracoleándonos | caracoleándoos | caracoleándoles, caracoleándose | |
accusative | caracoleándome | caracoleándote | caracoleándolo, caracoleándola, caracoleándose | caracoleándonos | caracoleándoos | caracoleándolos, caracoleándolas, caracoleándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caracolea | |||||||
dative | caracoléame | caracoléate | caracoléale | caracoléanos | not used | caracoléales | |
accusative | caracoléame | caracoléate | caracoléalo, caracoléala | caracoléanos | not used | caracoléalos, caracoléalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative caracoleá | |||||||
dative | caracoleame | caracoleate | caracoleale | caracoleanos | not used | caracoleales | |
accusative | caracoleame | caracoleate | caracolealo, caracoleala | caracoleanos | not used | caracolealos, caracolealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative caracolee | |||||||
dative | caracoléeme | not used | caracoléele, caracoléese | caracoléenos | not used | caracoléeles | |
accusative | caracoléeme | not used | caracoléelo, caracoléela, caracoléese | caracoléenos | not used | caracoléelos, caracoléelas | |
with first-person plural imperative caracoleemos | |||||||
dative | not used | caracoleémoste | caracoleémosle | caracoleémonos | caracoleémoos | caracoleémosles | |
accusative | not used | caracoleémoste | caracoleémoslo, caracoleémosla | caracoleémonos | caracoleémoos | caracoleémoslos, caracoleémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative caracolead | |||||||
dative | caracoleadme | not used | caracoleadle | caracoleadnos | caracoleaos | caracoleadles | |
accusative | caracoleadme | not used | caracoleadlo, caracoleadla | caracoleadnos | caracoleaos | caracoleadlos, caracoleadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative caracoleen | |||||||
dative | caracoléenme | not used | caracoléenle | caracoléennos | not used | caracoléenles, caracoléense | |
accusative | caracoléenme | not used | caracoléenlo, caracoléenla | caracoléennos | not used | caracoléenlos, caracoléenlas, caracoléense |
Further reading
- “caracolear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014