pretextar

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pre‧tex‧tar

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)

to give as a pretext
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:
  Decir o cantar la Maunífica o Magníficat, no precisamente el himno que entonó María en la visita a su prima Isabel, sino una oración o lo que fuere, que la gente supersticiosa que la sabe se niega a comunicar, pretextando ignorarla, y de la cual daremos en otro lugar la única y muy disparatada versión que hemos podido recoger.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pretextar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			pretextar
gerund			pretextando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretextado		pretextada
		plural		pretextados		pretextadas
		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	pretexto	pretextas^{^tú} pretextás^{^vos}	pretexta	pretextamos	pretextáis	pretextan
	imperfect	pretextaba	pretextabas	pretextaba	pretextábamos	pretextabais	pretextaban
	preterite	pretexté	pretextaste	pretextó	pretextamos	pretextasteis	pretextaron
	future	pretextaré	pretextarás	pretextará	pretextaremos	pretextaréis	pretextarán
	conditional	pretextaría	pretextarías	pretextaría	pretextaríamos	pretextaríais	pretextarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pretexte	pretextes^{^tú} pretextés^{^vos²}	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextéis	pretexten
	imperfect (ra)	pretextara	pretextaras	pretextara	pretextáramos	pretextarais	pretextaran
	imperfect (se)	pretextase	pretextases	pretextase	pretextásemos	pretextaseis	pretextasen
	future¹	pretextare	pretextares	pretextare	pretextáremos	pretextareis	pretextaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pretexta^{^tú} pretextá^{^vos}	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextad	pretexten
	negative		no pretextes	no pretexte	no pretextemos	no pretextéis	no pretexten

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

Selected combined forms of pretextar

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 pretextar	dative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarle, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarles, pretextarse
with infinitive pretextar	accusative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarlo, pretextarla, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarlos, pretextarlas, pretextarse

with gerund pretextando	dative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándole, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándoles, pretextándose
with gerund pretextando	accusative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándolo, pretextándola, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándolos, pretextándolas, pretextándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative pretexta	dative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtale	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pretexta	accusative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtalo, pretéxtala	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtalos, pretéxtalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative pretextá	dative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextale	pretextanos	not used	pretextales
	accusative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextalo, pretextala	pretextanos	not used	pretextalos, pretextalas

with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte	dative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtele, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxteles
with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte	accusative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtelo, pretéxtela, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxtelos, pretéxtelas

with first-person plural imperative pretextemos	dative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémosle	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémosles
with first-person plural imperative pretextemos	accusative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémoslo, pretextémosla	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémoslos, pretextémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad	dative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadle	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadles
with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad	accusative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadlo, pretextadla	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadlos, pretextadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten	dative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenle	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenles, pretéxtense
with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten	accusative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenlo, pretéxtenla	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenlos, pretéxtenlas, pretéxtense

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