portear

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: por‧te‧ar

Verb

portear (first-person singular present porteo, first-person singular preterite porteé, past participle porteado)

  1. to carry; lug; haul
    • 2017 August 10, “La frontera de Ceuta cierra el paso a la dignidad”, in El País‎:
      Se supone que ese era su jornal por portear un bulto de camisones de Ceuta a Castillejos (Marruecos), en la mañana del pasado miércoles.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to slam or bang (on a door)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of portear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive portear
gerund porteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular porteado porteada
plural porteados porteadas
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 porteo porteastú
porteásvos 		portea porteamos porteáis portean
imperfect porteaba porteabas porteaba porteábamos porteabais porteaban
preterite porteé porteaste porteó porteamos porteasteis portearon
future portearé portearás porteará portearemos portearéis portearán
conditional portearía portearías portearía portearíamos portearíais portearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present portee porteestú
porteésvos2 		portee porteemos porteéis porteen
imperfect
(ra) 		porteara portearas porteara porteáramos portearais portearan
imperfect
(se) 		portease porteases portease porteásemos porteaseis porteasen
future1 porteare porteares porteare porteáremos porteareis portearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative porteatú
porteávos 		portee porteemos portead porteen
negative no portees no portee no porteemos no porteéis no porteen

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

    Selected combined forms of portear

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 portear
dative portearme portearte portearle, portearse portearnos portearos portearles, portearse
accusative portearme portearte portearlo, portearla, portearse portearnos portearos portearlos, portearlas, portearse
with gerund porteando
dative porteándome porteándote porteándole, porteándose porteándonos porteándoos porteándoles, porteándose
accusative porteándome porteándote porteándolo, porteándola, porteándose porteándonos porteándoos porteándolos, porteándolas, porteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative portea
dative portéame portéate portéale portéanos not used portéales
accusative portéame portéate portéalo, portéala portéanos not used portéalos, portéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative porteá
dative porteame porteate porteale porteanos not used porteales
accusative porteame porteate portealo, porteala porteanos not used portealos, portealas
with formal second-person singular imperative portee
dative portéeme not used portéele, portéese portéenos not used portéeles
accusative portéeme not used portéelo, portéela, portéese portéenos not used portéelos, portéelas
with first-person plural imperative porteemos
dative not used porteémoste porteémosle porteémonos porteémoos porteémosles
accusative not used porteémoste porteémoslo, porteémosla porteémonos porteémoos porteémoslos, porteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative portead
dative porteadme not used porteadle porteadnos porteaos porteadles
accusative porteadme not used porteadlo, porteadla porteadnos porteaos porteadlos, porteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative porteen
dative portéenme not used portéenle portéennos not used portéenles, portéense
accusative portéenme not used portéenlo, portéenla portéennos not used portéenlos, portéenlas, portéense

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