coquetear

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Galician

Etymology

From coqueto +‎ -ear.

Verb

coquetear (first-person singular present coqueteo, first-person singular preterite coqueteei, past participle coqueteado)

  1. (intransitive) to flirt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coquetear
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal coquetear
Personal coquetear coqueteares coquetear coquetearmos coqueteardes coquetearen
Gerund
coqueteando
Past participle
Masculine coqueteado coqueteados
Feminine coqueteada coqueteadas
Indicative
Present coqueteo coqueteas coquetea coqueteamos coqueteades coquetean
Imperfect coqueteaba coqueteabas coqueteaba coqueteabamos coqueteabades coqueteaban
Preterite coqueteei coqueteaches coqueteou coqueteamos coqueteastes coquetearon
Pluperfect coqueteara coquetearas coqueteara coquetearamos coquetearades coquetearan
Future coquetearei coquetearás coqueteará coquetearemos coquetearedes coquetearán
Conditional coquetearía coquetearías coquetearía coqueteariamos coqueteariades coquetearían
Subjunctive
Present coquetee coquetees coquetee coqueteemos coqueteedes coqueteen
Imperfect coquetease coqueteases coquetease coqueteásemos coqueteásedes coqueteasen
Future coquetear coqueteares coquetear coquetearmos coqueteardes coquetearen
Imperative
Affirmative coquetea coquetee coqueteemos coqueteade coqueteen
Negative (non) non coquetees non coquetee non coqueteemos non coqueteedes non coqueteen

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Spanish

Etymology

From coqueto +‎ -ear, from French coquette, from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (masculine diminutive suffix). Cognate with English coquet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koketeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧que‧te‧ar

Verb

coquetear (first-person singular present coqueteo, first-person singular preterite coqueteé, past participle coqueteado)

  1. (intransitive, or transitive with con) to flirt
    ¿Estás coqueteando conmigo?
    Are you flirting with me?
  2. (figurative, intransitive, or transitive with con) to toy with
  3. (intransitive) to tease

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coquetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive coquetear
gerund coqueteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular coqueteado coqueteada
plural coqueteados coqueteadas
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 coqueteo coqueteastú
coqueteásvos 		coquetea coqueteamos coqueteáis coquetean
imperfect coqueteaba coqueteabas coqueteaba coqueteábamos coqueteabais coqueteaban
preterite coqueteé coqueteaste coqueteó coqueteamos coqueteasteis coquetearon
future coquetearé coquetearás coqueteará coquetearemos coquetearéis coquetearán
conditional coquetearía coquetearías coquetearía coquetearíamos coquetearíais coquetearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coquetee coqueteestú
coqueteésvos2 		coquetee coqueteemos coqueteéis coqueteen
imperfect
(ra) 		coqueteara coquetearas coqueteara coqueteáramos coquetearais coquetearan
imperfect
(se) 		coquetease coqueteases coquetease coqueteásemos coqueteaseis coqueteasen
future1 coqueteare coqueteares coqueteare coqueteáremos coqueteareis coquetearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative coqueteatú
coqueteávos 		coquetee coqueteemos coquetead coqueteen
negative no coquetees no coquetee no coqueteemos no coqueteéis no coqueteen

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

    Selected combined forms of coquetear

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 coquetear
dative coquetearme coquetearte coquetearle, coquetearse coquetearnos coquetearos coquetearles, coquetearse
accusative coquetearme coquetearte coquetearlo, coquetearla, coquetearse coquetearnos coquetearos coquetearlos, coquetearlas, coquetearse
with gerund coqueteando
dative coqueteándome coqueteándote coqueteándole, coqueteándose coqueteándonos coqueteándoos coqueteándoles, coqueteándose
accusative coqueteándome coqueteándote coqueteándolo, coqueteándola, coqueteándose coqueteándonos coqueteándoos coqueteándolos, coqueteándolas, coqueteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coquetea
dative coquetéame coquetéate coquetéale coquetéanos not used coquetéales
accusative coquetéame coquetéate coquetéalo, coquetéala coquetéanos not used coquetéalos, coquetéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coqueteá
dative coqueteame coqueteate coqueteale coqueteanos not used coqueteales
accusative coqueteame coqueteate coquetealo, coqueteala coqueteanos not used coquetealos, coquetealas
with formal second-person singular imperative coquetee
dative coquetéeme not used coquetéele, coquetéese coquetéenos not used coquetéeles
accusative coquetéeme not used coquetéelo, coquetéela, coquetéese coquetéenos not used coquetéelos, coquetéelas
with first-person plural imperative coqueteemos
dative not used coqueteémoste coqueteémosle coqueteémonos coqueteémoos coqueteémosles
accusative not used coqueteémoste coqueteémoslo, coqueteémosla coqueteémonos coqueteémoos coqueteémoslos, coqueteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coquetead
dative coqueteadme not used coqueteadle coqueteadnos coqueteaos coqueteadles
accusative coqueteadme not used coqueteadlo, coqueteadla coqueteadnos coqueteaos coqueteadlos, coqueteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coqueteen
dative coquetéenme not used coquetéenle coquetéennos not used coquetéenles, coquetéense
accusative coquetéenme not used coquetéenlo, coquetéenla coquetéennos not used coquetéenlos, coquetéenlas, coquetéense

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