carraspear
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karaspeˈaɾ/ [ka.ras.peˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧rras‧pe‧ar
Verb
carraspear (first-person singular present carraspeo, first-person singular preterite carraspeé, past participle carraspeado)
- (intransitive) to clear one’s throat
Conjugation
Conjugation of carraspear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | carraspear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | carraspeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | carraspeado | carraspeada | |||||
| plural | carraspeados | carraspeadas | |||||
| 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 | carraspeo | carraspeastú carraspeásvos | carraspea | carraspeamos | carraspeáis | carraspean | |
| imperfect | carraspeaba | carraspeabas | carraspeaba | carraspeábamos | carraspeabais | carraspeaban | |
| preterite | carraspeé | carraspeaste | carraspeó | carraspeamos | carraspeasteis | carraspearon | |
| future | carraspearé | carraspearás | carraspeará | carraspearemos | carraspearéis | carraspearán | |
| conditional | carraspearía | carraspearías | carraspearía | carraspearíamos | carraspearíais | carraspearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | carraspee | carraspeestú carraspeésvos2 | carraspee | carraspeemos | carraspeéis | carraspeen | |
| imperfect (ra) | carraspeara | carraspearas | carraspeara | carraspeáramos | carraspearais | carraspearan | |
| imperfect (se) | carraspease | carraspeases | carraspease | carraspeásemos | carraspeaseis | carraspeasen | |
| future1 | carraspeare | carraspeares | carraspeare | carraspeáremos | carraspeareis | carraspearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | carraspeatú carraspeávos | carraspee | carraspeemos | carraspead | carraspeen | ||
| negative | no carraspees | no carraspee | no carraspeemos | no carraspeéis | no carraspeen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- carraspeo
Further reading
- “carraspear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014