chacotear
Spanish
Etymology
From chacota + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃakoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.ko.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cha‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
chacotear (first-person singular present chacoteo, first-person singular preterite chacoteé, past participle chacoteado)
- to have fun
- (reflexive) to mock; take the mickey (out of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chacotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | chacotear | ||||||
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gerund | chacoteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | chacoteado | chacoteada | |||||
plural | chacoteados | chacoteadas | |||||
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 | chacoteo | chacoteastú chacoteásvos | chacotea | chacoteamos | chacoteáis | chacotean | |
imperfect | chacoteaba | chacoteabas | chacoteaba | chacoteábamos | chacoteabais | chacoteaban | |
preterite | chacoteé | chacoteaste | chacoteó | chacoteamos | chacoteasteis | chacotearon | |
future | chacotearé | chacotearás | chacoteará | chacotearemos | chacotearéis | chacotearán | |
conditional | chacotearía | chacotearías | chacotearía | chacotearíamos | chacotearíais | chacotearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | chacotee | chacoteestú chacoteésvos2 | chacotee | chacoteemos | chacoteéis | chacoteen | |
imperfect (ra) | chacoteara | chacotearas | chacoteara | chacoteáramos | chacotearais | chacotearan | |
imperfect (se) | chacotease | chacoteases | chacotease | chacoteásemos | chacoteaseis | chacoteasen | |
future1 | chacoteare | chacoteares | chacoteare | chacoteáremos | chacoteareis | chacotearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | chacoteatú chacoteávos | chacotee | chacoteemos | chacotead | chacoteen | ||
negative | no chacotees | no chacotee | no chacoteemos | no chacoteéis | no chacoteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “chacotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014