coquetear
Galician
Etymology
Verb
coquetear (first-person singular present coqueteo, first-person singular preterite coqueteei, past participle coqueteado)
- (intransitive) to flirt
Conjugation
Conjugation of coquetear
Derived terms
Further reading
- “coquetear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From coqueto + -ear, from French coquette, from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (masculine diminutive suffix). Cognate with English coquet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koketeˈaɾ/ [ko.ke.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧que‧te‧ar
Verb
coquetear (first-person singular present coqueteo, first-person singular preterite coqueteé, past participle coqueteado)
- (intransitive) to flirt [with con ‘with someone’]
- ¿Estás coqueteando conmigo?
- Are you flirting with me?
- (intransitive, figurative) to toy [with con ‘with someone’]
- (intransitive) to tease
Conjugation
Conjugation of coquetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of coquetear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive coquetear | dative | coquetearme | coquetearte | coquetearle, coquetearse | coquetearnos | coquetearos | coquetearles, coquetearse |
accusative | coquetearme | coquetearte | coquetearlo, coquetearla, coquetearse | coquetearnos | coquetearos | coquetearlos, coquetearlas, coquetearse | |
with gerund coqueteando | dative | coqueteándome | coqueteándote | coqueteándole, coqueteándose | coqueteándonos | coqueteándoos | coqueteándoles, coqueteándose |
accusative | coqueteándome | coqueteándote | coqueteándolo, coqueteándola, coqueteándose | coqueteándonos | coqueteándoos | coqueteándolos, coqueteándolas, coqueteándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coquetea | dative | coquetéame | coquetéate | coquetéale | coquetéanos | not used | coquetéales |
accusative | coquetéame | coquetéate | coquetéalo, coquetéala | coquetéanos | not used | coquetéalos, coquetéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coqueteá | dative | coqueteame | coqueteate | coqueteale | coqueteanos | not used | coqueteales |
accusative | coqueteame | coqueteate | coquetealo, coqueteala | coqueteanos | not used | coquetealos, coquetealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative coquetee | dative | coquetéeme | not used | coquetéele, coquetéese | coquetéenos | not used | coquetéeles |
accusative | coquetéeme | not used | coquetéelo, coquetéela, coquetéese | coquetéenos | not used | coquetéelos, coquetéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative coqueteemos | dative | not used | coqueteémoste | coqueteémosle | coqueteémonos | coqueteémoos | coqueteémosles |
accusative | not used | coqueteémoste | coqueteémoslo, coqueteémosla | coqueteémonos | coqueteémoos | coqueteémoslos, coqueteémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative coquetead | dative | coqueteadme | not used | coqueteadle | coqueteadnos | coqueteaos | coqueteadles |
accusative | coqueteadme | not used | coqueteadlo, coqueteadla | coqueteadnos | coqueteaos | coqueteadlos, coqueteadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative coqueteen | dative | coquetéenme | not used | coquetéenle | coquetéennos | not used | coquetéenles, coquetéense |
accusative | coquetéenme | not used | coquetéenlo, coquetéenla | coquetéennos | not used | coquetéenlos, coquetéenlas, coquetéense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “coquetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024