chispear

chispear

Spanish

Etymology

From chispa (“spark”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃispeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃis.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chis‧pe‧ar

Verb

chispear (first-person singular present chispeo, first-person singular preterite chispeé, past participle chispeado)

1. to spark
2. to sprinkle; to spit (rain in fine droplets)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chispear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chispear
gerund			chispeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chispeado		chispeada
		plural		chispeados		chispeadas
		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	chispeo	chispeastú chispeásvos	chispea	chispeamos	chispeáis	chispean
	imperfect	chispeaba	chispeabas	chispeaba	chispeábamos	chispeabais	chispeaban
	preterite	chispeé	chispeaste	chispeó	chispeamos	chispeasteis	chispearon
	future	chispearé	chispearás	chispeará	chispearemos	chispearéis	chispearán
	conditional	chispearía	chispearías	chispearía	chispearíamos	chispearíais	chispearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chispee	chispeestú chispeésvos2	chispee	chispeemos	chispeéis	chispeen
	imperfect (ra)	chispeara	chispearas	chispeara	chispeáramos	chispearais	chispearan
	imperfect (se)	chispease	chispeases	chispease	chispeásemos	chispeaseis	chispeasen
	future1	chispeare	chispeares	chispeare	chispeáremos	chispeareis	chispearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chispeatú chispeávos	chispee	chispeemos	chispead	chispeen
	negative		no chispees	no chispee	no chispeemos	no chispeéis	no chispeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of chispear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive chispear
	dative	chispearme	chispearte	chispearle, chispearse	chispearnos	chispearos	chispearles, chispearse
	accusative	chispearme	chispearte	chispearlo, chispearla, chispearse	chispearnos	chispearos	chispearlos, chispearlas, chispearse
with gerund chispeando
	dative	chispeándome	chispeándote	chispeándole, chispeándose	chispeándonos	chispeándoos	chispeándoles, chispeándose
	accusative	chispeándome	chispeándote	chispeándolo, chispeándola, chispeándose	chispeándonos	chispeándoos	chispeándolos, chispeándolas, chispeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chispea
	dative	chispéame	chispéate	chispéale	chispéanos	not used	chispéales
	accusative	chispéame	chispéate	chispéalo, chispéala	chispéanos	not used	chispéalos, chispéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chispeá
	dative	chispeame	chispeate	chispeale	chispeanos	not used	chispeales
	accusative	chispeame	chispeate	chispealo, chispeala	chispeanos	not used	chispealos, chispealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chispee
	dative	chispéeme	not used	chispéele, chispéese	chispéenos	not used	chispéeles
	accusative	chispéeme	not used	chispéelo, chispéela, chispéese	chispéenos	not used	chispéelos, chispéelas
with first-person plural imperative chispeemos
	dative	not used	chispeémoste	chispeémosle	chispeémonos	chispeémoos	chispeémosles
	accusative	not used	chispeémoste	chispeémoslo, chispeémosla	chispeémonos	chispeémoos	chispeémoslos, chispeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chispead
	dative	chispeadme	not used	chispeadle	chispeadnos	chispeaos	chispeadles
	accusative	chispeadme	not used	chispeadlo, chispeadla	chispeadnos	chispeaos	chispeadlos, chispeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chispeen
	dative	chispéenme	not used	chispéenle	chispéennos	not used	chispéenles, chispéense
	accusative	chispéenme	not used	chispéenlo, chispéenla	chispéennos	not used	chispéenlos, chispéenlas, chispéense

Derived terms

• chispeante

Further reading

• “chispear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014