catear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kateˈaɾ/ [ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧te‧ar
Verb
catear (first-person singular present cateo, first-person singular preterite cateé, past participle cateado)
- to search (for minerals or petroleum)
- to frisk
- to fail, flunk
- (Mexico) to raid
Conjugation
Conjugation of catear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | catear | ||||||
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gerund | cateando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cateado | cateada | |||||
plural | cateados | cateadas | |||||
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 | cateo | cateastú cateásvos | catea | cateamos | cateáis | catean | |
imperfect | cateaba | cateabas | cateaba | cateábamos | cateabais | cateaban | |
preterite | cateé | cateaste | cateó | cateamos | cateasteis | catearon | |
future | catearé | catearás | cateará | catearemos | catearéis | catearán | |
conditional | catearía | catearías | catearía | catearíamos | catearíais | catearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | catee | cateestú cateésvos2 | catee | cateemos | cateéis | cateen | |
imperfect (ra) | cateara | catearas | cateara | cateáramos | catearais | catearan | |
imperfect (se) | catease | cateases | catease | cateásemos | cateaseis | cateasen | |
future1 | cateare | cateares | cateare | cateáremos | cateareis | catearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cateatú cateávos | catee | cateemos | catead | cateen | ||
negative | no catees | no catee | no cateemos | no cateéis | no cateen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of catear
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 catear | |||||||
dative | catearme | catearte | catearle, catearse | catearnos | catearos | catearles, catearse | |
accusative | catearme | catearte | catearlo, catearla, catearse | catearnos | catearos | catearlos, catearlas, catearse | |
with gerund cateando | |||||||
dative | cateándome | cateándote | cateándole, cateándose | cateándonos | cateándoos | cateándoles, cateándose | |
accusative | cateándome | cateándote | cateándolo, cateándola, cateándose | cateándonos | cateándoos | cateándolos, cateándolas, cateándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative catea | |||||||
dative | catéame | catéate | catéale | catéanos | not used | catéales | |
accusative | catéame | catéate | catéalo, catéala | catéanos | not used | catéalos, catéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cateá | |||||||
dative | cateame | cateate | cateale | cateanos | not used | cateales | |
accusative | cateame | cateate | catealo, cateala | cateanos | not used | catealos, catealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative catee | |||||||
dative | catéeme | not used | catéele, catéese | catéenos | not used | catéeles | |
accusative | catéeme | not used | catéelo, catéela, catéese | catéenos | not used | catéelos, catéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cateemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cateémoste | cateémosle | cateémonos | cateémoos | cateémosles | |
accusative | not used | cateémoste | cateémoslo, cateémosla | cateémonos | cateémoos | cateémoslos, cateémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative catead | |||||||
dative | cateadme | not used | cateadle | cateadnos | cateaos | cateadles | |
accusative | cateadme | not used | cateadlo, cateadla | cateadnos | cateaos | cateadlos, cateadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cateen | |||||||
dative | catéenme | not used | catéenle | catéennos | not used | catéenles, catéense | |
accusative | catéenme | not used | catéenlo, catéenla | catéennos | not used | catéenlos, catéenlas, catéense |
Derived terms
- cateo
Further reading
- “catear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014