camotear

Spanish

Etymology

From camote (“sweet potato”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamoteˈaɾ/ [ka.mo.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧mo‧te‧ar

Verb

camotear (first-person singular present camoteo, first-person singular preterite camoteé, past participle camoteado)

  1. (Mexico) to wander with no specific purpose in mind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of camotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive camotear
gerund camoteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular camoteado camoteada
plural camoteados camoteadas
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 camoteo camoteastú
camoteásvos 		camotea camoteamos camoteáis camotean
imperfect camoteaba camoteabas camoteaba camoteábamos camoteabais camoteaban
preterite camoteé camoteaste camoteó camoteamos camoteasteis camotearon
future camotearé camotearás camoteará camotearemos camotearéis camotearán
conditional camotearía camotearías camotearía camotearíamos camotearíais camotearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present camotee camoteestú
camoteésvos2 		camotee camoteemos camoteéis camoteen
imperfect
(ra) 		camoteara camotearas camoteara camoteáramos camotearais camotearan
imperfect
(se) 		camotease camoteases camotease camoteásemos camoteaseis camoteasen
future1 camoteare camoteares camoteare camoteáremos camoteareis camotearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative camoteatú
camoteávos 		camotee camoteemos camotead camoteen
negative no camotees no camotee no camoteemos no camoteéis no camoteen

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

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