chatear
Portuguese
Etymology
From chato (“annoying”, “boring”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃa.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ʃaˈt͡ʃja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [ʃa.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃaˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃa.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ʃaˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/ [ʃa.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃaˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈtjaɾ/
- Hyphenation: cha‧te‧ar
Verb
chatear (first-person singular present chateio, first-person singular preterite chateei, past participle chateado)
- to peeve; synonyms: to upset, pester, annoy, bore
Conjugation
Conjugation of chatear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | chatear | |||||
Personal | chatear | chateares | chatear | chatearmos | chateardes | chatearem |
Gerund | ||||||
chateando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | chateado | chateados | ||||
Feminine | chateada | chateadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | chateio | chateias | chateia | chateamos | chateais | chateiam |
Imperfect | chateava | chateavas | chateava | chateávamos | chateáveis | chateavam |
Preterite | chateei | chateaste | chateou | chateamos1, chateámos2 | chateastes | chatearam |
Pluperfect | chateara | chatearas | chateara | chateáramos | chateáreis | chatearam |
Future | chatearei | chatearás | chateará | chatearemos | chateareis | chatearão |
Conditional | ||||||
chatearia | chatearias | chatearia | chatearíamos | chatearíeis | chateariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | chateie | chateies | chateie | chateemos | chateeis | chateiem |
Imperfect | chateasse | chateasses | chateasse | chateássemos | chateásseis | chateassem |
Future | chatear | chateares | chatear | chatearmos | chateardes | chatearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | chateia | chateie | chateemos | chateai | chateiem | |
Negative (não) | não chateies | não chateie | não chateemos | não chateeis | não chateiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From English chat + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃateˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cha‧te‧ar
Verb
chatear (first-person singular present chateo, first-person singular preterite chateé, past participle chateado)
- (intransitive) to chat on the Internet
- (Honduras, intransitive) to chat
- Synonyms: charlar, platicar, conversar
Conjugation
Conjugation of chatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | chatear | ||||||
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gerund | chateando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | chateado | chateada | |||||
plural | chateados | chateadas | |||||
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 | chateo | chateastú chateásvos | chatea | chateamos | chateáis | chatean | |
imperfect | chateaba | chateabas | chateaba | chateábamos | chateabais | chateaban | |
preterite | chateé | chateaste | chateó | chateamos | chateasteis | chatearon | |
future | chatearé | chatearás | chateará | chatearemos | chatearéis | chatearán | |
conditional | chatearía | chatearías | chatearía | chatearíamos | chatearíais | chatearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | chatee | chateestú chateésvos2 | chatee | chateemos | chateéis | chateen | |
imperfect (ra) | chateara | chatearas | chateara | chateáramos | chatearais | chatearan | |
imperfect (se) | chatease | chateases | chatease | chateásemos | chateaseis | chateasen | |
future1 | chateare | chateares | chateare | chateáremos | chateareis | chatearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | chateatú chateávos | chatee | chateemos | chatead | chateen | ||
negative | no chatees | no chatee | no chateemos | no chateéis | no chateen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of chatear
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 chatear | |||||||
dative | chatearme | chatearte | chatearle, chatearse | chatearnos | chatearos | chatearles, chatearse | |
accusative | chatearme | chatearte | chatearlo, chatearla, chatearse | chatearnos | chatearos | chatearlos, chatearlas, chatearse | |
with gerund chateando | |||||||
dative | chateándome | chateándote | chateándole, chateándose | chateándonos | chateándoos | chateándoles, chateándose | |
accusative | chateándome | chateándote | chateándolo, chateándola, chateándose | chateándonos | chateándoos | chateándolos, chateándolas, chateándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chatea | |||||||
dative | chatéame | chatéate | chatéale | chatéanos | not used | chatéales | |
accusative | chatéame | chatéate | chatéalo, chatéala | chatéanos | not used | chatéalos, chatéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chateá | |||||||
dative | chateame | chateate | chateale | chateanos | not used | chateales | |
accusative | chateame | chateate | chatealo, chateala | chateanos | not used | chatealos, chatealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative chatee | |||||||
dative | chatéeme | not used | chatéele, chatéese | chatéenos | not used | chatéeles | |
accusative | chatéeme | not used | chatéelo, chatéela, chatéese | chatéenos | not used | chatéelos, chatéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative chateemos | |||||||
dative | not used | chateémoste | chateémosle | chateémonos | chateémoos | chateémosles | |
accusative | not used | chateémoste | chateémoslo, chateémosla | chateémonos | chateémoos | chateémoslos, chateémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative chatead | |||||||
dative | chateadme | not used | chateadle | chateadnos | chateaos | chateadles | |
accusative | chateadme | not used | chateadlo, chateadla | chateadnos | chateaos | chateadlos, chateadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative chateen | |||||||
dative | chatéenme | not used | chatéenle | chatéennos | not used | chatéenles, chatéense | |
accusative | chatéenme | not used | chatéenlo, chatéenla | chatéennos | not used | chatéenlos, chatéenlas, chatéense |
Derived terms
- chateo
Further reading
- “chatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014