caracolear

Spanish

Etymology

From caracol +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾakoleˈaɾ/ [ka.ɾa.ko.leˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧ra‧co‧le‧ar

Verb

caracolear (first-person singular present caracoleo, first-person singular preterite caracoleé, past participle caracoleado)

  1. (intransitive) to caracole

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caracolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive caracolear
gerund caracoleando
past participle masculine feminine
singular caracoleado caracoleada
plural caracoleados caracoleadas
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 caracoleo caracoleastú
caracoleásvos 		caracolea caracoleamos caracoleáis caracolean
imperfect caracoleaba caracoleabas caracoleaba caracoleábamos caracoleabais caracoleaban
preterite caracoleé caracoleaste caracoleó caracoleamos caracoleasteis caracolearon
future caracolearé caracolearás caracoleará caracolearemos caracolearéis caracolearán
conditional caracolearía caracolearías caracolearía caracolearíamos caracolearíais caracolearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present caracolee caracoleestú
caracoleésvos2 		caracolee caracoleemos caracoleéis caracoleen
imperfect
(ra) 		caracoleara caracolearas caracoleara caracoleáramos caracolearais caracolearan
imperfect
(se) 		caracolease caracoleases caracolease caracoleásemos caracoleaseis caracoleasen
future1 caracoleare caracoleares caracoleare caracoleáremos caracoleareis caracolearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative caracoleatú
caracoleávos 		caracolee caracoleemos caracolead caracoleen
negative no caracolees no caracolee no caracoleemos no caracoleéis no caracoleen

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

    Selected combined forms of caracolear

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 caracolear dative caracolearme caracolearte caracolearle, caracolearse caracolearnos caracolearos caracolearles, caracolearse
accusative caracolearme caracolearte caracolearlo, caracolearla, caracolearse caracolearnos caracolearos caracolearlos, caracolearlas, caracolearse
with gerund caracoleando dative caracoleándome caracoleándote caracoleándole, caracoleándose caracoleándonos caracoleándoos caracoleándoles, caracoleándose
accusative caracoleándome caracoleándote caracoleándolo, caracoleándola, caracoleándose caracoleándonos caracoleándoos caracoleándolos, caracoleándolas, caracoleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caracolea dative caracoléame caracoléate caracoléale caracoléanos not used caracoléales
accusative caracoléame caracoléate caracoléalo, caracoléala caracoléanos not used caracoléalos, caracoléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative caracoleá dative caracoleame caracoleate caracoleale caracoleanos not used caracoleales
accusative caracoleame caracoleate caracolealo, caracoleala caracoleanos not used caracolealos, caracolealas
with formal second-person singular imperative caracolee dative caracoléeme not used caracoléele, caracoléese caracoléenos not used caracoléeles
accusative caracoléeme not used caracoléelo, caracoléela, caracoléese caracoléenos not used caracoléelos, caracoléelas
with first-person plural imperative caracoleemos dative not used caracoleémoste caracoleémosle caracoleémonos caracoleémoos caracoleémosles
accusative not used caracoleémoste caracoleémoslo, caracoleémosla caracoleémonos caracoleémoos caracoleémoslos, caracoleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative caracolead dative caracoleadme not used caracoleadle caracoleadnos caracoleaos caracoleadles
accusative caracoleadme not used caracoleadlo, caracoleadla caracoleadnos caracoleaos caracoleadlos, caracoleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative caracoleen dative caracoléenme not used caracoléenle caracoléennos not used caracoléenles, caracoléense
accusative caracoléenme not used caracoléenlo, caracoléenla caracoléennos not used caracoléenlos, caracoléenlas, caracoléense

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