capotear

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Spanish

Verb

capotear (first-person singular present capoteo, first-person singular preterite capoteé, past participle capoteado)

  1. (bullfighting) to make movements of the capote (a cape)
  2. to take for a ride, to give someone the runaround

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive capotear
gerund capoteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular capoteado capoteada
plural capoteados capoteadas
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 capoteo capoteastú
capoteásvos 		capotea capoteamos capoteáis capotean
imperfect capoteaba capoteabas capoteaba capoteábamos capoteabais capoteaban
preterite capoteé capoteaste capoteó capoteamos capoteasteis capotearon
future capotearé capotearás capoteará capotearemos capotearéis capotearán
conditional capotearía capotearías capotearía capotearíamos capotearíais capotearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present capotee capoteestú
capoteésvos2 		capotee capoteemos capoteéis capoteen
imperfect
(ra) 		capoteara capotearas capoteara capoteáramos capotearais capotearan
imperfect
(se) 		capotease capoteases capotease capoteásemos capoteaseis capoteasen
future1 capoteare capoteares capoteare capoteáremos capoteareis capotearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative capoteatú
capoteávos 		capotee capoteemos capotead capoteen
negative no capotees no capotee no capoteemos no capoteéis no capoteen

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

    Selected combined forms of capotear

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 capotear
dative capotearme capotearte capotearle, capotearse capotearnos capotearos capotearles, capotearse
accusative capotearme capotearte capotearlo, capotearla, capotearse capotearnos capotearos capotearlos, capotearlas, capotearse
with gerund capoteando
dative capoteándome capoteándote capoteándole, capoteándose capoteándonos capoteándoos capoteándoles, capoteándose
accusative capoteándome capoteándote capoteándolo, capoteándola, capoteándose capoteándonos capoteándoos capoteándolos, capoteándolas, capoteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative capotea
dative capotéame capotéate capotéale capotéanos not used capotéales
accusative capotéame capotéate capotéalo, capotéala capotéanos not used capotéalos, capotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative capoteá
dative capoteame capoteate capoteale capoteanos not used capoteales
accusative capoteame capoteate capotealo, capoteala capoteanos not used capotealos, capotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative capotee
dative capotéeme not used capotéele, capotéese capotéenos not used capotéeles
accusative capotéeme not used capotéelo, capotéela, capotéese capotéenos not used capotéelos, capotéelas
with first-person plural imperative capoteemos
dative not used capoteémoste capoteémosle capoteémonos capoteémoos capoteémosles
accusative not used capoteémoste capoteémoslo, capoteémosla capoteémonos capoteémoos capoteémoslos, capoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative capotead
dative capoteadme not used capoteadle capoteadnos capoteaos capoteadles
accusative capoteadme not used capoteadlo, capoteadla capoteadnos capoteaos capoteadlos, capoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative capoteen
dative capotéenme not used capotéenle capotéennos not used capotéenles, capotéense
accusative capotéenme not used capotéenlo, capotéenla capotéennos not used capotéenlos, capotéenlas, capotéense

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