catear

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

catear (first-person singular present cateo, first-person singular preterite cateé, past participle cateado)

to search, prospect (for minerals or petroleum)
to frisk
to fail, flunk
(Mexico) to raid

Conjugation

Conjugation of catear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			catear
gerund			cateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cateado		cateada
		plural		cateados		cateadas
		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	cateo	cateas^{^tú} cateás^{^vos}	catea	cateamos	cateáis	catean
	imperfect	cateaba	cateabas	cateaba	cateábamos	cateabais	cateaban
	preterite	cateé	cateaste	cateó	cateamos	cateasteis	catearon
	future	catearé	catearás	cateará	catearemos	catearéis	catearán
	conditional	catearía	catearías	catearía	catearíamos	catearíais	catearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	catee	catees^{^tú} cateés^{^vos²}	catee	cateemos	cateéis	cateen
	imperfect (ra)	cateara	catearas	cateara	cateáramos	catearais	catearan
	imperfect (se)	catease	cateases	catease	cateásemos	cateaseis	cateasen
	future¹	cateare	cateares	cateare	cateáremos	cateareis	catearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		catea^{^tú} cateá^{^vos}	catee	cateemos	catead	cateen
	negative		no catees	no catee	no cateemos	no cateéis	no cateen

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

Selected combined forms of catear

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 catear	dative	catearme	catearte	catearle, catearse	catearnos	catearos	catearles, catearse
with infinitive catear	accusative	catearme	catearte	catearlo, catearla, catearse	catearnos	catearos	catearlos, catearlas, catearse

with gerund cateando	dative	cateándome	cateándote	cateándole, cateándose	cateándonos	cateándoos	cateándoles, cateándose
with gerund cateando	accusative	cateándome	cateándote	cateándolo, cateándola, cateándose	cateándonos	cateándoos	cateándolos, cateándolas, cateándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative catea	dative	catéame	catéate	catéale	catéanos	not used	catéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative catea	accusative	catéame	catéate	catéalo, catéala	catéanos	not used	catéalos, catéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative cateá	dative	cateame	cateate	cateale	cateanos	not used	cateales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cateá	accusative	cateame	cateate	catealo, cateala	cateanos	not used	catealos, catealas

with formal second-person singular imperative catee	dative	catéeme	not used	catéele, catéese	catéenos	not used	catéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative catee	accusative	catéeme	not used	catéelo, catéela, catéese	catéenos	not used	catéelos, catéelas

with first-person plural imperative cateemos	dative	not used	cateémoste	cateémosle	cateémonos	cateémoos	cateémosles
with first-person plural imperative cateemos	accusative	not used	cateémoste	cateémoslo, cateémosla	cateémonos	cateémoos	cateémoslos, cateémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative catead	dative	cateadme	not used	cateadle	cateadnos	cateaos	cateadles
with informal second-person plural imperative catead	accusative	cateadme	not used	cateadlo, cateadla	cateadnos	cateaos	cateadlos, cateadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative cateen	dative	catéenme	not used	catéenle	catéennos	not used	catéenles, catéense
with formal second-person plural imperative cateen	accusative	catéenme	not used	catéenlo, catéenla	catéennos	not used	catéenlos, catéenlas, catéense

Derived terms

cateo

Spanish

Pronunciation

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