diletar

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from diletante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dileˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.leˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: di‧le‧tar

Verb

diletar (first-person singular present dileto, first-person singular preterite dileté, past participle diletado)

to dabble

Conjugation

Conjugation of diletar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			diletar
gerund			diletando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diletado		diletada
		plural		diletados		diletadas
		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	dileto	diletas^{^tú} diletás^{^vos}	dileta	diletamos	diletáis	diletan
	imperfect	diletaba	diletabas	diletaba	diletábamos	diletabais	diletaban
	preterite	dileté	diletaste	diletó	diletamos	diletasteis	diletaron
	future	diletaré	diletarás	diletará	diletaremos	diletaréis	diletarán
	conditional	diletaría	diletarías	diletaría	diletaríamos	diletaríais	diletarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dilete	diletes^{^tú} diletés^{^vos²}	dilete	diletemos	diletéis	dileten
	imperfect (ra)	diletara	diletaras	diletara	diletáramos	diletarais	diletaran
	imperfect (se)	diletase	diletases	diletase	diletásemos	diletaseis	diletasen
	future¹	diletare	diletares	diletare	diletáremos	diletareis	diletaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dileta^{^tú} diletá^{^vos}	dilete	diletemos	diletad	dileten
	negative		no diletes	no dilete	no diletemos	no diletéis	no dileten

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

Selected combined forms of diletar

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 diletar	dative	diletarme	diletarte	diletarle, diletarse	diletarnos	diletaros	diletarles, diletarse
with infinitive diletar	accusative	diletarme	diletarte	diletarlo, diletarla, diletarse	diletarnos	diletaros	diletarlos, diletarlas, diletarse

with gerund diletando	dative	diletándome	diletándote	diletándole, diletándose	diletándonos	diletándoos	diletándoles, diletándose
with gerund diletando	accusative	diletándome	diletándote	diletándolo, diletándola, diletándose	diletándonos	diletándoos	diletándolos, diletándolas, diletándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative dileta	dative	dilétame	dilétate	dilétale	dilétanos	not used	dilétales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dileta	accusative	dilétame	dilétate	dilétalo, dilétala	dilétanos	not used	dilétalos, dilétalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative diletá	dative	diletame	diletate	diletale	diletanos	not used	diletales
	accusative	diletame	diletate	diletalo, diletala	diletanos	not used	diletalos, diletalas

with formal second-person singular imperative dilete	dative	diléteme	not used	dilétele, dilétese	dilétenos	not used	dilételes
with formal second-person singular imperative dilete	accusative	diléteme	not used	dilételo, dilétela, dilétese	dilétenos	not used	dilételos, dilételas

with first-person plural imperative diletemos	dative	not used	diletémoste	diletémosle	diletémonos	diletémoos	diletémosles
with first-person plural imperative diletemos	accusative	not used	diletémoste	diletémoslo, diletémosla	diletémonos	diletémoos	diletémoslos, diletémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative diletad	dative	diletadme	not used	diletadle	diletadnos	diletaos	diletadles
with informal second-person plural imperative diletad	accusative	diletadme	not used	diletadlo, diletadla	diletadnos	diletaos	diletadlos, diletadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative dileten	dative	dilétenme	not used	dilétenle	dilétennos	not used	dilétenles, dilétense
with formal second-person plural imperative dileten	accusative	dilétenme	not used	dilétenlo, dilétenla	dilétennos	not used	dilétenlos, dilétenlas, dilétense