chivatear

Spanish

Etymology

From chivato +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃibateˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.β̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: chi‧va‧te‧ar

Verb

chivatear (first-person singular present chivateo, first-person singular preterite chivateé, past participle chivateado)

  1. (transitive, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic) to snitch
  2. (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to shout; to howl; to holler
  3. (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to frolic
  4. (transitive, pronominal, colloquial, Cuba) synonym of chispear
  5. (transitive, colloquial, Venezuela) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chivatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive chivatear
gerund chivateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular chivateado chivateada
plural chivateados chivateadas
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 chivateo chivateastú
chivateásvos 		chivatea chivateamos chivateáis chivatean
imperfect chivateaba chivateabas chivateaba chivateábamos chivateabais chivateaban
preterite chivateé chivateaste chivateó chivateamos chivateasteis chivatearon
future chivatearé chivatearás chivateará chivatearemos chivatearéis chivatearán
conditional chivatearía chivatearías chivatearía chivatearíamos chivatearíais chivatearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chivatee chivateestú
chivateésvos2 		chivatee chivateemos chivateéis chivateen
imperfect
(ra) 		chivateara chivatearas chivateara chivateáramos chivatearais chivatearan
imperfect
(se) 		chivatease chivateases chivatease chivateásemos chivateaseis chivateasen
future1 chivateare chivateares chivateare chivateáremos chivateareis chivatearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative chivateatú
chivateávos 		chivatee chivateemos chivatead chivateen
negative no chivatees no chivatee no chivateemos no chivateéis no chivateen

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

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