escamotear

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French escamoter.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteio, first-person singular preterite escamoteei, past participle escamoteado)

  1. refers to actions performed without the agent being noticed, including:
    1. to hide, to conceal
    2. to steal
    3. to leave a place

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escamotear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal escamotear
Personal escamotear escamoteares escamotear escamotearmos escamoteardes escamotearem
Gerund
escamoteando
Past participle
Masculine escamoteado escamoteados
Feminine escamoteada escamoteadas
Indicative
Present escamoteio escamoteias escamoteia escamoteamos escamoteais escamoteiam
Imperfect escamoteava escamoteavas escamoteava escamoteávamos escamoteáveis escamoteavam
Preterite escamoteei escamoteaste escamoteou escamoteamos1, escamoteámos2 escamoteastes escamotearam
Pluperfect escamoteara escamotearas escamoteara escamoteáramos escamoteáreis escamotearam
Future escamotearei escamotearás escamoteará escamotearemos escamoteareis escamotearão
Conditional escamotearia escamotearias escamotearia escamotearíamos escamotearíeis escamoteariam
Subjunctive
Present escamoteie escamoteies escamoteie escamoteemos escamoteeis escamoteiem
Imperfect escamoteasse escamoteasses escamoteasse escamoteássemos escamoteásseis escamoteassem
Future escamotear escamoteares escamotear escamotearmos escamoteardes escamotearem
Imperative
Affirmative escamoteia escamoteie escamoteemos escamoteai escamoteiem
Negative (não) não escamoteies não escamoteie não escamoteemos não escamoteeis não escamoteiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French escamoter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskamoteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧te‧ar

Verb

escamotear (first-person singular present escamoteo, first-person singular preterite escamoteé, past participle escamoteado)

  1. to swipe, pilfer, palm
  2. to do out of
  3. to make disappear, make vanish (sleight of hand)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escamotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive escamotear
gerund escamoteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular escamoteado escamoteada
plural escamoteados escamoteadas
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 escamoteo escamoteastú
escamoteásvos 		escamotea escamoteamos escamoteáis escamotean
imperfect escamoteaba escamoteabas escamoteaba escamoteábamos escamoteabais escamoteaban
preterite escamoteé escamoteaste escamoteó escamoteamos escamoteasteis escamotearon
future escamotearé escamotearás escamoteará escamotearemos escamotearéis escamotearán
conditional escamotearía escamotearías escamotearía escamotearíamos escamotearíais escamotearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present escamotee escamoteestú
escamoteésvos2 		escamotee escamoteemos escamoteéis escamoteen
imperfect
(ra) 		escamoteara escamotearas escamoteara escamoteáramos escamotearais escamotearan
imperfect
(se) 		escamotease escamoteases escamotease escamoteásemos escamoteaseis escamoteasen
future1 escamoteare escamoteares escamoteare escamoteáremos escamoteareis escamotearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative escamoteatú
escamoteávos 		escamotee escamoteemos escamotead escamoteen
negative no escamotees no escamotee no escamoteemos no escamoteéis no escamoteen

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

    Selected combined forms of escamotear

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 escamotear
dative escamotearme escamotearte escamotearle, escamotearse escamotearnos escamotearos escamotearles, escamotearse
accusative escamotearme escamotearte escamotearlo, escamotearla, escamotearse escamotearnos escamotearos escamotearlos, escamotearlas, escamotearse
with gerund escamoteando
dative escamoteándome escamoteándote escamoteándole, escamoteándose escamoteándonos escamoteándoos escamoteándoles, escamoteándose
accusative escamoteándome escamoteándote escamoteándolo, escamoteándola, escamoteándose escamoteándonos escamoteándoos escamoteándolos, escamoteándolas, escamoteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative escamotea
dative escamotéame escamotéate escamotéale escamotéanos not used escamotéales
accusative escamotéame escamotéate escamotéalo, escamotéala escamotéanos not used escamotéalos, escamotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative escamoteá
dative escamoteame escamoteate escamoteale escamoteanos not used escamoteales
accusative escamoteame escamoteate escamotealo, escamoteala escamoteanos not used escamotealos, escamotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative escamotee
dative escamotéeme not used escamotéele, escamotéese escamotéenos not used escamotéeles
accusative escamotéeme not used escamotéelo, escamotéela, escamotéese escamotéenos not used escamotéelos, escamotéelas
with first-person plural imperative escamoteemos
dative not used escamoteémoste escamoteémosle escamoteémonos escamoteémoos escamoteémosles
accusative not used escamoteémoste escamoteémoslo, escamoteémosla escamoteémonos escamoteémoos escamoteémoslos, escamoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative escamotead
dative escamoteadme not used escamoteadle escamoteadnos escamoteaos escamoteadles
accusative escamoteadme not used escamoteadlo, escamoteadla escamoteadnos escamoteaos escamoteadlos, escamoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative escamoteen
dative escamotéenme not used escamotéenle escamotéennos not used escamotéenles, escamotéense
accusative escamotéenme not used escamotéenlo, escamotéenla escamotéennos not used escamotéenlos, escamotéenlas, escamotéense

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