chapaletear
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare chapotear, chapalear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃapaleteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.pa.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cha‧pa‧le‧te‧ar
Verb
chapaletear (first-person singular present chapaleteo, first-person singular preterite chapaleteé, past participle chapaleteado)
- (intransitive) to splash
- (intransitive) to patter
Conjugation
Conjugation of chapaletear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | chapaletear | ||||||
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gerund | chapaleteando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | chapaleteado | chapaleteada | |||||
plural | chapaleteados | chapaleteadas | |||||
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 | chapaleteo | chapaleteastú chapaleteásvos | chapaletea | chapaleteamos | chapaleteáis | chapaletean | |
imperfect | chapaleteaba | chapaleteabas | chapaleteaba | chapaleteábamos | chapaleteabais | chapaleteaban | |
preterite | chapaleteé | chapaleteaste | chapaleteó | chapaleteamos | chapaleteasteis | chapaletearon | |
future | chapaletearé | chapaletearás | chapaleteará | chapaletearemos | chapaletearéis | chapaletearán | |
conditional | chapaletearía | chapaletearías | chapaletearía | chapaletearíamos | chapaletearíais | chapaletearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | chapaletee | chapaleteestú chapaleteésvos2 | chapaletee | chapaleteemos | chapaleteéis | chapaleteen | |
imperfect (ra) | chapaleteara | chapaletearas | chapaleteara | chapaleteáramos | chapaletearais | chapaletearan | |
imperfect (se) | chapaletease | chapaleteases | chapaletease | chapaleteásemos | chapaleteaseis | chapaleteasen | |
future1 | chapaleteare | chapaleteares | chapaleteare | chapaleteáremos | chapaleteareis | chapaletearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | chapaleteatú chapaleteávos | chapaletee | chapaleteemos | chapaletead | chapaleteen | ||
negative | no chapaletees | no chapaletee | no chapaleteemos | no chapaleteéis | no chapaleteen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of chapaletear
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 chapaletear | |||||||
dative | chapaletearme | chapaletearte | chapaletearle, chapaletearse | chapaletearnos | chapaletearos | chapaletearles, chapaletearse | |
accusative | chapaletearme | chapaletearte | chapaletearlo, chapaletearla, chapaletearse | chapaletearnos | chapaletearos | chapaletearlos, chapaletearlas, chapaletearse | |
with gerund chapaleteando | |||||||
dative | chapaleteándome | chapaleteándote | chapaleteándole, chapaleteándose | chapaleteándonos | chapaleteándoos | chapaleteándoles, chapaleteándose | |
accusative | chapaleteándome | chapaleteándote | chapaleteándolo, chapaleteándola, chapaleteándose | chapaleteándonos | chapaleteándoos | chapaleteándolos, chapaleteándolas, chapaleteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chapaletea | |||||||
dative | chapaletéame | chapaletéate | chapaletéale | chapaletéanos | not used | chapaletéales | |
accusative | chapaletéame | chapaletéate | chapaletéalo, chapaletéala | chapaletéanos | not used | chapaletéalos, chapaletéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chapaleteá | |||||||
dative | chapaleteame | chapaleteate | chapaleteale | chapaleteanos | not used | chapaleteales | |
accusative | chapaleteame | chapaleteate | chapaletealo, chapaleteala | chapaleteanos | not used | chapaletealos, chapaletealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative chapaletee | |||||||
dative | chapaletéeme | not used | chapaletéele, chapaletéese | chapaletéenos | not used | chapaletéeles | |
accusative | chapaletéeme | not used | chapaletéelo, chapaletéela, chapaletéese | chapaletéenos | not used | chapaletéelos, chapaletéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative chapaleteemos | |||||||
dative | not used | chapaleteémoste | chapaleteémosle | chapaleteémonos | chapaleteémoos | chapaleteémosles | |
accusative | not used | chapaleteémoste | chapaleteémoslo, chapaleteémosla | chapaleteémonos | chapaleteémoos | chapaleteémoslos, chapaleteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative chapaletead | |||||||
dative | chapaleteadme | not used | chapaleteadle | chapaleteadnos | chapaleteaos | chapaleteadles | |
accusative | chapaleteadme | not used | chapaleteadlo, chapaleteadla | chapaleteadnos | chapaleteaos | chapaleteadlos, chapaleteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative chapaleteen | |||||||
dative | chapaletéenme | not used | chapaletéenle | chapaletéennos | not used | chapaletéenles, chapaletéense | |
accusative | chapaletéenme | not used | chapaletéenlo, chapaletéenla | chapaletéennos | not used | chapaletéenlos, chapaletéenlas, chapaletéense |
Derived terms
- chapaleteo
Further reading
- “chapaletear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014