tontear

Spanish

Etymology

From tonto (“silly”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tonteˈaɾ/ [t̪õn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ton‧te‧ar

Verb

tontear (first-person singular present tonteo, first-person singular preterite tonteé, past participle tonteado)

  1. to do or say stupid things
  2. to flirt
    Synonym: flirtear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tontear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tontear
gerund tonteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tonteado tonteada
plural tonteados tonteadas
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 tonteo tonteastú
tonteásvos 		tontea tonteamos tonteáis tontean
imperfect tonteaba tonteabas tonteaba tonteábamos tonteabais tonteaban
preterite tonteé tonteaste tonteó tonteamos tonteasteis tontearon
future tontearé tontearás tonteará tontearemos tontearéis tontearán
conditional tontearía tontearías tontearía tontearíamos tontearíais tontearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tontee tonteestú
tonteésvos2 		tontee tonteemos tonteéis tonteen
imperfect
(ra) 		tonteara tontearas tonteara tonteáramos tontearais tontearan
imperfect
(se) 		tontease tonteases tontease tonteásemos tonteaseis tonteasen
future1 tonteare tonteares tonteare tonteáremos tonteareis tontearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tonteatú
tonteávos 		tontee tonteemos tontead tonteen
negative no tontees no tontee no tonteemos no tonteéis no tonteen

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

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