timonear

Spanish

Etymology

From timón +‎ -ear.

Verb

timonear (first-person singular present timoneo, first-person singular preterite timoneé, past participle timoneado)

(transitive, Latin America) to manage, to guide
- 2016 October 7, “La calentura radical inquieta al Gobierno”, in Clarin‎^[1]:
  Ella se comporta como una dama, Macri es un caballero y entre los dos han sabido hasta acá timonear las tormentas.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive, Latin America) to steer, to drive

Conjugation

Conjugation of timonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			timonear
gerund			timoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		timoneado		timoneada
		plural		timoneados		timoneadas
		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	timoneo	timoneas^{^tú} timoneás^{^vos}	timonea	timoneamos	timoneáis	timonean
	imperfect	timoneaba	timoneabas	timoneaba	timoneábamos	timoneabais	timoneaban
	preterite	timoneé	timoneaste	timoneó	timoneamos	timoneasteis	timonearon
	future	timonearé	timonearás	timoneará	timonearemos	timonearéis	timonearán
	conditional	timonearía	timonearías	timonearía	timonearíamos	timonearíais	timonearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	timonee	timonees^{^tú} timoneés^{^vos²}	timonee	timoneemos	timoneéis	timoneen
	imperfect (ra)	timoneara	timonearas	timoneara	timoneáramos	timonearais	timonearan
	imperfect (se)	timonease	timoneases	timonease	timoneásemos	timoneaseis	timoneasen
	future¹	timoneare	timoneares	timoneare	timoneáremos	timoneareis	timonearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		timonea^{^tú} timoneá^{^vos}	timonee	timoneemos	timonead	timoneen
	negative		no timonees	no timonee	no timoneemos	no timoneéis	no timoneen

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

Selected combined forms of timonear

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 timonear	dative	timonearme	timonearte	timonearle, timonearse	timonearnos	timonearos	timonearles, timonearse
with infinitive timonear	accusative	timonearme	timonearte	timonearlo, timonearla, timonearse	timonearnos	timonearos	timonearlos, timonearlas, timonearse

with gerund timoneando	dative	timoneándome	timoneándote	timoneándole, timoneándose	timoneándonos	timoneándoos	timoneándoles, timoneándose
with gerund timoneando	accusative	timoneándome	timoneándote	timoneándolo, timoneándola, timoneándose	timoneándonos	timoneándoos	timoneándolos, timoneándolas, timoneándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative timonea	dative	timonéame	timonéate	timonéale	timonéanos	not used	timonéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative timonea	accusative	timonéame	timonéate	timonéalo, timonéala	timonéanos	not used	timonéalos, timonéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative timoneá	dative	timoneame	timoneate	timoneale	timoneanos	not used	timoneales
	accusative	timoneame	timoneate	timonealo, timoneala	timoneanos	not used	timonealos, timonealas

with formal second-person singular imperative timonee	dative	timonéeme	not used	timonéele, timonéese	timonéenos	not used	timonéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative timonee	accusative	timonéeme	not used	timonéelo, timonéela, timonéese	timonéenos	not used	timonéelos, timonéelas

with first-person plural imperative timoneemos	dative	not used	timoneémoste	timoneémosle	timoneémonos	timoneémoos	timoneémosles
with first-person plural imperative timoneemos	accusative	not used	timoneémoste	timoneémoslo, timoneémosla	timoneémonos	timoneémoos	timoneémoslos, timoneémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative timonead	dative	timoneadme	not used	timoneadle	timoneadnos	timoneaos	timoneadles
with informal second-person plural imperative timonead	accusative	timoneadme	not used	timoneadlo, timoneadla	timoneadnos	timoneaos	timoneadlos, timoneadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative timoneen	dative	timonéenme	not used	timonéenle	timonéennos	not used	timonéenles, timonéense
with formal second-person plural imperative timoneen	accusative	timonéenme	not used	timonéenlo, timonéenla	timonéennos	not used	timonéenlos, timonéenlas, timonéense

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