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Spanish
Etymology
From pretexto + -ar.
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
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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive pretextar
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dative
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pretextarme
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pretextarte
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pretextarle, pretextarse
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pretextarnos
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pretextaros
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pretextarles, pretextarse
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accusative
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pretextarme
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pretextarte
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pretextarlo, pretextarla, pretextarse
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pretextarnos
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pretextaros
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pretextarlos, pretextarlas, pretextarse
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with gerund pretextando
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dative
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pretextándome
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pretextándote
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pretextándole, pretextándose
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pretextándonos
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pretextándoos
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pretextándoles, pretextándose
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accusative
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pretextándome
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pretextándote
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pretextándolo, pretextándola, pretextándose
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pretextándonos
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pretextándoos
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pretextándolos, pretextándolas, pretextándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative pretexta
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dative
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pretéxtame
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pretéxtate
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pretéxtale
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pretéxtanos
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not used
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pretéxtales
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accusative
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pretéxtame
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pretéxtate
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pretéxtalo, pretéxtala
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pretéxtanos
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not used
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pretéxtalos, pretéxtalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative pretextá
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dative
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pretextame
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pretextate
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pretextale
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pretextanos
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not used
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pretextales
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accusative
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pretextame
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pretextate
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pretextalo, pretextala
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pretextanos
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not used
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pretextalos, pretextalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte
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dative
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pretéxteme
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not used
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pretéxtele, pretéxtese
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pretéxtenos
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not used
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pretéxteles
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accusative
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pretéxteme
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not used
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pretéxtelo, pretéxtela, pretéxtese
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pretéxtenos
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not used
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pretéxtelos, pretéxtelas
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with first-person plural imperative pretextemos
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dative
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not used
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pretextémoste
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pretextémosle
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pretextémonos
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pretextémoos
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pretextémosles
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accusative
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not used
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pretextémoste
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pretextémoslo, pretextémosla
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pretextémonos
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pretextémoos
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pretextémoslos, pretextémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad
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dative
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pretextadme
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not used
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pretextadle
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pretextadnos
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pretextaos
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pretextadles
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accusative
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pretextadme
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not used
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pretextadlo, pretextadla
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pretextadnos
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pretextaos
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pretextadlos, pretextadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten
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dative
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pretéxtenme
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not used
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pretéxtenle
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pretéxtennos
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not used
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pretéxtenles, pretéxtense
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accusative
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pretéxtenme
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not used
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pretéxtenlo, pretéxtenla
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pretéxtennos
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not used
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pretéxtenlos, pretéxtenlas, pretéxtense
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