castañear

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kastaɲeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ñe‧ar

Verb

castañear (first-person singular present castañeo, first-person singular preterite castañeé, past participle castañeado)

  1. to rattle, clack, rattling, clacking
  2. to chatter, chattering (of teeth)
  3. to play the castañas
    Synonym: castañetear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of castañear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive castañear
gerund castañeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular castañeado castañeada
plural castañeados castañeadas
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 castañeo castañeastú
castañeásvos 		castañea castañeamos castañeáis castañean
imperfect castañeaba castañeabas castañeaba castañeábamos castañeabais castañeaban
preterite castañeé castañeaste castañeó castañeamos castañeasteis castañearon
future castañearé castañearás castañeará castañearemos castañearéis castañearán
conditional castañearía castañearías castañearía castañearíamos castañearíais castañearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present castañee castañeestú
castañeésvos2 		castañee castañeemos castañeéis castañeen
imperfect
(ra) 		castañeara castañearas castañeara castañeáramos castañearais castañearan
imperfect
(se) 		castañease castañeases castañease castañeásemos castañeaseis castañeasen
future1 castañeare castañeares castañeare castañeáremos castañeareis castañearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative castañeatú
castañeávos 		castañee castañeemos castañead castañeen
negative no castañees no castañee no castañeemos no castañeéis no castañeen

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

    Selected combined forms of castañear

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 castañear
dative castañearme castañearte castañearle, castañearse castañearnos castañearos castañearles, castañearse
accusative castañearme castañearte castañearlo, castañearla, castañearse castañearnos castañearos castañearlos, castañearlas, castañearse
with gerund castañeando
dative castañeándome castañeándote castañeándole, castañeándose castañeándonos castañeándoos castañeándoles, castañeándose
accusative castañeándome castañeándote castañeándolo, castañeándola, castañeándose castañeándonos castañeándoos castañeándolos, castañeándolas, castañeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative castañea
dative castañéame castañéate castañéale castañéanos not used castañéales
accusative castañéame castañéate castañéalo, castañéala castañéanos not used castañéalos, castañéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative castañeá
dative castañeame castañeate castañeale castañeanos not used castañeales
accusative castañeame castañeate castañealo, castañeala castañeanos not used castañealos, castañealas
with formal second-person singular imperative castañee
dative castañéeme not used castañéele, castañéese castañéenos not used castañéeles
accusative castañéeme not used castañéelo, castañéela, castañéese castañéenos not used castañéelos, castañéelas
with first-person plural imperative castañeemos
dative not used castañeémoste castañeémosle castañeémonos castañeémoos castañeémosles
accusative not used castañeémoste castañeémoslo, castañeémosla castañeémonos castañeémoos castañeémoslos, castañeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative castañead
dative castañeadme not used castañeadle castañeadnos castañeaos castañeadles
accusative castañeadme not used castañeadlo, castañeadla castañeadnos castañeaos castañeadlos, castañeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative castañeen
dative castañéenme not used castañéenle castañéennos not used castañéenles, castañéense
accusative castañéenme not used castañéenlo, castañéenla castañéennos not used castañéenlos, castañéenlas, castañéense

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