mantear

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Spanish

Etymology

From manta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: man‧te‧ar

Verb

mantear (first-person singular present manteo, first-person singular preterite manteé, past participle manteado)

  1. to throw up into the air in a blanket
  2. to give (someone) the bumps (throw someone in the air, e.g. for a celebration)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mantear
gerund manteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular manteado manteada
plural manteados manteadas
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 manteo manteastú
manteásvos 		mantea manteamos manteáis mantean
imperfect manteaba manteabas manteaba manteábamos manteabais manteaban
preterite manteé manteaste manteó manteamos manteasteis mantearon
future mantearé mantearás manteará mantearemos mantearéis mantearán
conditional mantearía mantearías mantearía mantearíamos mantearíais mantearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mantee manteestú
manteésvos2 		mantee manteemos manteéis manteen
imperfect
(ra) 		manteara mantearas manteara manteáramos mantearais mantearan
imperfect
(se) 		mantease manteases mantease manteásemos manteaseis manteasen
future1 manteare manteares manteare manteáremos manteareis mantearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative manteatú
manteávos 		mantee manteemos mantead manteen
negative no mantees no mantee no manteemos no manteéis no manteen

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

    Selected combined forms of mantear

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 mantear
dative mantearme mantearte mantearle, mantearse mantearnos mantearos mantearles, mantearse
accusative mantearme mantearte mantearlo, mantearla, mantearse mantearnos mantearos mantearlos, mantearlas, mantearse
with gerund manteando
dative manteándome manteándote manteándole, manteándose manteándonos manteándoos manteándoles, manteándose
accusative manteándome manteándote manteándolo, manteándola, manteándose manteándonos manteándoos manteándolos, manteándolas, manteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mantea
dative mantéame mantéate mantéale mantéanos not used mantéales
accusative mantéame mantéate mantéalo, mantéala mantéanos not used mantéalos, mantéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative manteá
dative manteame manteate manteale manteanos not used manteales
accusative manteame manteate mantealo, manteala manteanos not used mantealos, mantealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mantee
dative mantéeme not used mantéele, mantéese mantéenos not used mantéeles
accusative mantéeme not used mantéelo, mantéela, mantéese mantéenos not used mantéelos, mantéelas
with first-person plural imperative manteemos
dative not used manteémoste manteémosle manteémonos manteémoos manteémosles
accusative not used manteémoste manteémoslo, manteémosla manteémonos manteémoos manteémoslos, manteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mantead
dative manteadme not used manteadle manteadnos manteaos manteadles
accusative manteadme not used manteadlo, manteadla manteadnos manteaos manteadlos, manteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manteen
dative mantéenme not used mantéenle mantéennos not used mantéenles, mantéense
accusative mantéenme not used mantéenlo, mantéenla mantéennos not used mantéenlos, mantéenlas, mantéense

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