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Spanish
Etymology
From aleta + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧le‧te‧ar
Verb
aletear (first-person singular present aleteo, first-person singular preterite aleteé, past participle aleteado)
- (intransitive) to flap (one's wings, fins) (of a bird or fish)
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 43:El Chonchón cae y se le siente aletear furiosamente, y no logrará moverse de donde está, por más esfuerzos que haga, hasta que otro Chonchón venga a levantarlo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to flutter
- (intransitive) to wave one's arms like wings
Conjugation
Selected combined forms of aletear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
with infinitive aletear
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aletearme
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aletearte
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aletearle, aletearse
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aletearnos
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aletearos
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aletearles, aletearse
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aletearme
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aletearte
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aletearlo, aletearla, aletearse
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aletearnos
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aletearos
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aletearlos, aletearlas, aletearse
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with gerund aleteando
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aleteándome
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aleteándote
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aleteándole, aleteándose
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aleteándonos
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aleteándoos
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aleteándoles, aleteándose
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aleteándome
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aleteándote
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aleteándolo, aleteándola, aleteándose
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aleteándonos
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aleteándoos
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aleteándolos, aleteándolas, aleteándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative aletea
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aletéame
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aletéate
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aletéale
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aletéanos
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not used
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aletéales
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aletéame
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aletéate
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aletéalo, aletéala
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aletéanos
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not used
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aletéalos, aletéalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative aleteá
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aleteame
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aleteate
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aleteale
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aleteanos
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not used
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aleteales
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aleteame
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aleteate
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aletealo, aleteala
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aleteanos
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not used
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aletealos, aletealas
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with formal second-person singular imperative aletee
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aletéeme
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not used
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aletéele, aletéese
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aletéenos
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not used
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aletéeles
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aletéeme
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not used
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aletéelo, aletéela, aletéese
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aletéenos
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not used
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aletéelos, aletéelas
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with first-person plural imperative aleteemos
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not used
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aleteémoste
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aleteémosle
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aleteémonos
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aleteémoos
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aleteémosles
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not used
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aleteémoste
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aleteémoslo, aleteémosla
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aleteémonos
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aleteémoos
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aleteémoslos, aleteémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative aletead
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aleteadme
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not used
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aleteadle
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aleteadnos
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aleteaos
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aleteadles
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aleteadme
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not used
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aleteadlo, aleteadla
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aleteadnos
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aleteaos
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aleteadlos, aleteadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative aleteen
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aletéenme
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not used
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aletéenle
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aletéennos
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not used
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aletéenles, aletéense
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aletéenme
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not used
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aletéenlo, aletéenla
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aletéennos
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not used
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aletéenlos, aletéenlas, aletéense
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