tontear

Spanish

Etymology

From tonto (“silly”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tonteˈaɾ/, [t̪õn̪t̪eˈaɾ]

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)edit data
    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
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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