parlotear

Spanish

Etymology

From Provençal parlar (“to speak”) (from Medieval Latin parabolāre) + Spanish derogatory suffix -otear. Compare English palaver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾloteˈaɾ/ [paɾ.lo.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: par‧lo‧te‧ar

Verb

parlotear (first-person singular present parloteo, first-person singular preterite parloteé, past participle parloteado)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to babble, prattle, blabber, gab, waffle, jabber, rattle, yap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parlotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive parlotear
gerund parloteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular parloteado parloteada
plural parloteados parloteadas
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 parloteo parloteastú
parloteásvos 		parlotea parloteamos parloteáis parlotean
imperfect parloteaba parloteabas parloteaba parloteábamos parloteabais parloteaban
preterite parloteé parloteaste parloteó parloteamos parloteasteis parlotearon
future parlotearé parlotearás parloteará parlotearemos parlotearéis parlotearán
conditional parlotearía parlotearías parlotearía parlotearíamos parlotearíais parlotearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present parlotee parloteestú
parloteésvos2 		parlotee parloteemos parloteéis parloteen
imperfect
(ra) 		parloteara parlotearas parloteara parloteáramos parlotearais parlotearan
imperfect
(se) 		parlotease parloteases parlotease parloteásemos parloteaseis parloteasen
future1 parloteare parloteares parloteare parloteáremos parloteareis parlotearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative parloteatú
parloteávos 		parlotee parloteemos parlotead parloteen
negative no parlotees no parlotee no parloteemos no parloteéis no parloteen

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

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