chicotear
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- chicotar
Etymology
From chicote (“whip”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃi.ko.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [ʃi.ko.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʃi.ko.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/ [ʃi.ko.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃi.kuˈtjaɾ/
- Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
chicotear (first-person singular present chicoteio, first-person singular preterite chicoteei, past participle chicoteado)
- to whip (to strike with a whip)
- Synonyms: açoitar, chibatar, fustigar, relhar, verdascar
- (figurative) to chastise
Conjugation
Conjugation of chicotear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | chicotear | |||||
| Personal | chicotear | chicoteares | chicotear | chicotearmos | chicoteardes | chicotearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| chicoteando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | chicoteado | chicoteados | ||||
| Feminine | chicoteada | chicoteadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | chicoteio | chicoteias | chicoteia | chicoteamos | chicoteais | chicoteiam |
| Imperfect | chicoteava | chicoteavas | chicoteava | chicoteávamos | chicoteáveis | chicoteavam |
| Preterite | chicoteei | chicoteaste | chicoteou | chicoteamos1, chicoteámos2 | chicoteastes | chicotearam |
| Pluperfect | chicoteara | chicotearas | chicoteara | chicoteáramos | chicoteáreis | chicotearam |
| Future | chicotearei | chicotearás | chicoteará | chicotearemos | chicoteareis | chicotearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| chicotearia | chicotearias | chicotearia | chicotearíamos | chicotearíeis | chicoteariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | chicoteie | chicoteies | chicoteie | chicoteemos | chicoteeis | chicoteiem |
| Imperfect | chicoteasse | chicoteasses | chicoteasse | chicoteássemos | chicoteásseis | chicoteassem |
| Future | chicotear | chicoteares | chicotear | chicotearmos | chicoteardes | chicotearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | chicoteia | chicoteie | chicoteemos | chicoteai | chicoteiem | |
| Negative (não) | não chicoteies | não chicoteie | não chicoteemos | não chicoteeis | não chicoteiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- chicotaço
- chicotada
- chicotar
- chicote
- chicoteamento
- chicoteante
Spanish
Etymology
From chicote (“whip”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃikoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.ko.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
chicotear (first-person singular present chicoteo, first-person singular preterite chicoteé, past participle chicoteado)
- (Latin America, transitive) to whip (to hit with a whip)
- Synonyms: latiguear, fustigar, azotar
Conjugation
Conjugation of chicotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | chicotear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | chicoteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | chicoteado | chicoteada | |||||
| plural | chicoteados | chicoteadas | |||||
| 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 | chicoteo | chicoteastú chicoteásvos | chicotea | chicoteamos | chicoteáis | chicotean | |
| imperfect | chicoteaba | chicoteabas | chicoteaba | chicoteábamos | chicoteabais | chicoteaban | |
| preterite | chicoteé | chicoteaste | chicoteó | chicoteamos | chicoteasteis | chicotearon | |
| future | chicotearé | chicotearás | chicoteará | chicotearemos | chicotearéis | chicotearán | |
| conditional | chicotearía | chicotearías | chicotearía | chicotearíamos | chicotearíais | chicotearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | chicotee | chicoteestú chicoteésvos2 | chicotee | chicoteemos | chicoteéis | chicoteen | |
| imperfect (ra) | chicoteara | chicotearas | chicoteara | chicoteáramos | chicotearais | chicotearan | |
| imperfect (se) | chicotease | chicoteases | chicotease | chicoteásemos | chicoteaseis | chicoteasen | |
| future1 | chicoteare | chicoteares | chicoteare | chicoteáremos | chicoteareis | chicotearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | chicoteatú chicoteávos | chicotee | chicoteemos | chicotead | chicoteen | ||
| negative | no chicotees | no chicotee | no chicoteemos | no chicoteéis | no chicoteen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- chicote
- chicotazo
Further reading
- “chicotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014