cachetear

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [ka.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧che‧te‧ar

Verb

cachetear (first-person singular present cacheteo, first-person singular preterite cacheteé, past participle cacheteado)

(transitive, Latin America) to slap (in the face)
(transitive, Puerto Rico) to get for free

Conjugation

Conjugation of cachetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cachetear
gerund			cacheteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cacheteado		cacheteada
		plural		cacheteados		cacheteadas
		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	cacheteo	cacheteas^{^tú} cacheteás^{^vos}	cachetea	cacheteamos	cacheteáis	cachetean
	imperfect	cacheteaba	cacheteabas	cacheteaba	cacheteábamos	cacheteabais	cacheteaban
	preterite	cacheteé	cacheteaste	cacheteó	cacheteamos	cacheteasteis	cachetearon
	future	cachetearé	cachetearás	cacheteará	cachetearemos	cachetearéis	cachetearán
	conditional	cachetearía	cachetearías	cachetearía	cachetearíamos	cachetearíais	cachetearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cachetee	cachetees^{^tú} cacheteés^{^vos²}	cachetee	cacheteemos	cacheteéis	cacheteen
	imperfect (ra)	cacheteara	cachetearas	cacheteara	cacheteáramos	cachetearais	cachetearan
	imperfect (se)	cachetease	cacheteases	cachetease	cacheteásemos	cacheteaseis	cacheteasen
	future¹	cacheteare	cacheteares	cacheteare	cacheteáremos	cacheteareis	cachetearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cachetea^{^tú} cacheteá^{^vos}	cachetee	cacheteemos	cachetead	cacheteen
	negative		no cachetees	no cachetee	no cacheteemos	no cacheteéis	no cacheteen

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

Selected combined forms of cachetear

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 cachetear	dative	cachetearme	cachetearte	cachetearle, cachetearse	cachetearnos	cachetearos	cachetearles, cachetearse
with infinitive cachetear	accusative	cachetearme	cachetearte	cachetearlo, cachetearla, cachetearse	cachetearnos	cachetearos	cachetearlos, cachetearlas, cachetearse

with gerund cacheteando	dative	cacheteándome	cacheteándote	cacheteándole, cacheteándose	cacheteándonos	cacheteándoos	cacheteándoles, cacheteándose
with gerund cacheteando	accusative	cacheteándome	cacheteándote	cacheteándolo, cacheteándola, cacheteándose	cacheteándonos	cacheteándoos	cacheteándolos, cacheteándolas, cacheteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative cachetea	dative	cachetéame	cachetéate	cachetéale	cachetéanos	not used	cachetéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cachetea	accusative	cachetéame	cachetéate	cachetéalo, cachetéala	cachetéanos	not used	cachetéalos, cachetéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative cacheteá	dative	cacheteame	cacheteate	cacheteale	cacheteanos	not used	cacheteales
	accusative	cacheteame	cacheteate	cachetealo, cacheteala	cacheteanos	not used	cachetealos, cachetealas

with formal second-person singular imperative cachetee	dative	cachetéeme	not used	cachetéele, cachetéese	cachetéenos	not used	cachetéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative cachetee	accusative	cachetéeme	not used	cachetéelo, cachetéela, cachetéese	cachetéenos	not used	cachetéelos, cachetéelas

with first-person plural imperative cacheteemos	dative	not used	cacheteémoste	cacheteémosle	cacheteémonos	cacheteémoos	cacheteémosles
with first-person plural imperative cacheteemos	accusative	not used	cacheteémoste	cacheteémoslo, cacheteémosla	cacheteémonos	cacheteémoos	cacheteémoslos, cacheteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cachetead	dative	cacheteadme	not used	cacheteadle	cacheteadnos	cacheteaos	cacheteadles
with informal second-person plural imperative cachetead	accusative	cacheteadme	not used	cacheteadlo, cacheteadla	cacheteadnos	cacheteaos	cacheteadlos, cacheteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative cacheteen	dative	cachetéenme	not used	cachetéenle	cachetéennos	not used	cachetéenles, cachetéense
with formal second-person plural imperative cacheteen	accusative	cachetéenme	not used	cachetéenlo, cachetéenla	cachetéennos	not used	cachetéenlos, cachetéenlas, cachetéense