catear

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kateˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧te‧ar

Verb

catear (first-person singular present cateo, first-person singular preterite cateé, past participle cateado)

  1. to search (for minerals or petroleum)
  2. to frisk
  3. to fail, flunk
  4. (Mexico) to raid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive catear
gerund cateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cateado cateada
plural cateados cateadas
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 cateo cateastú
cateásvos 		catea cateamos cateáis catean
imperfect cateaba cateabas cateaba cateábamos cateabais cateaban
preterite cateé cateaste cateó cateamos cateasteis catearon
future catearé catearás cateará catearemos catearéis catearán
conditional catearía catearías catearía catearíamos catearíais catearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present catee cateestú
cateésvos2 		catee cateemos cateéis cateen
imperfect
(ra) 		cateara catearas cateara cateáramos catearais catearan
imperfect
(se) 		catease cateases catease cateásemos cateaseis cateasen
future1 cateare cateares cateare cateáremos cateareis catearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cateatú
cateávos 		catee cateemos catead cateen
negative no catees no catee no cateemos no cateéis no cateen

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

    Selected combined forms of catear

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 catear
dative catearme catearte catearle, catearse catearnos catearos catearles, catearse
accusative catearme catearte catearlo, catearla, catearse catearnos catearos catearlos, catearlas, catearse
with gerund cateando
dative cateándome cateándote cateándole, cateándose cateándonos cateándoos cateándoles, cateándose
accusative cateándome cateándote cateándolo, cateándola, cateándose cateándonos cateándoos cateándolos, cateándolas, cateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative catea
dative catéame catéate catéale catéanos not used catéales
accusative catéame catéate catéalo, catéala catéanos not used catéalos, catéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cateá
dative cateame cateate cateale cateanos not used cateales
accusative cateame cateate catealo, cateala cateanos not used catealos, catealas
with formal second-person singular imperative catee
dative catéeme not used catéele, catéese catéenos not used catéeles
accusative catéeme not used catéelo, catéela, catéese catéenos not used catéelos, catéelas
with first-person plural imperative cateemos
dative not used cateémoste cateémosle cateémonos cateémoos cateémosles
accusative not used cateémoste cateémoslo, cateémosla cateémonos cateémoos cateémoslos, cateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative catead
dative cateadme not used cateadle cateadnos cateaos cateadles
accusative cateadme not used cateadlo, cateadla cateadnos cateaos cateadlos, cateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cateen
dative catéenme not used catéenle catéennos not used catéenles, catéense
accusative catéenme not used catéenlo, catéenla catéennos not used catéenlos, catéenlas, catéense

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