machetear

Spanish

Etymology

From machete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [ma.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧che‧te‧ar

Verb

machetear (first-person singular present macheteo, first-person singular preterite macheteé, past participle macheteado)

  1. (transitive) to chop with a machete
  2. (Chile) to ask for money or food
  3. (Argentina, slang) to cheat on a school assignment or test

Conjugation

    Conjugation of machetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive machetear
gerund macheteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular macheteado macheteada
plural macheteados macheteadas
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 macheteo macheteastú
macheteásvos 		machetea macheteamos macheteáis machetean
imperfect macheteaba macheteabas macheteaba macheteábamos macheteabais macheteaban
preterite macheteé macheteaste macheteó macheteamos macheteasteis machetearon
future machetearé machetearás macheteará machetearemos machetearéis machetearán
conditional machetearía machetearías machetearía machetearíamos machetearíais machetearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present machetee macheteestú
macheteésvos2 		machetee macheteemos macheteéis macheteen
imperfect
(ra) 		macheteara machetearas macheteara macheteáramos machetearais machetearan
imperfect
(se) 		machetease macheteases machetease macheteásemos macheteaseis macheteasen
future1 macheteare macheteares macheteare macheteáremos macheteareis machetearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative macheteatú
macheteávos 		machetee macheteemos machetead macheteen
negative no machetees no machetee no macheteemos no macheteéis no macheteen

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

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