serpentear

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Portuguese

Etymology

From serpente +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ser‧pen‧te‧ar

Verb

serpentear (first-person singular present serpenteio, first-person singular preterite serpenteei, past participle serpenteado)

  1. (intransitive) to snake (move in a winding path)
  2. (intransitive) to meander (have a winding course)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serpentear (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 serpentear
Personal serpentear serpenteares serpentear serpentearmos serpenteardes serpentearem
Gerund
serpenteando
Past participle
Masculine serpenteado serpenteados
Feminine serpenteada serpenteadas
Indicative
Present serpenteio serpenteias serpenteia serpenteamos serpenteais serpenteiam
Imperfect serpenteava serpenteavas serpenteava serpenteávamos serpenteáveis serpenteavam
Preterite serpenteei serpenteaste serpenteou serpenteamos1, serpenteámos2 serpenteastes serpentearam
Pluperfect serpenteara serpentearas serpenteara serpenteáramos serpenteáreis serpentearam
Future serpentearei serpentearás serpenteará serpentearemos serpenteareis serpentearão
Conditional serpentearia serpentearias serpentearia serpentearíamos serpentearíeis serpenteariam
Subjunctive
Present serpenteie serpenteies serpenteie serpenteemos serpenteeis serpenteiem
Imperfect serpenteasse serpenteasses serpenteasse serpenteássemos serpenteásseis serpenteassem
Future serpentear serpenteares serpentear serpentearmos serpenteardes serpentearem
Imperative
Affirmative serpenteia serpenteie serpenteemos serpenteai serpenteiem
Negative (não) não serpenteies não serpenteie não serpenteemos não serpenteeis não serpenteiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɾpenteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ser‧pen‧te‧ar

Verb

serpentear (first-person singular present serpenteo, first-person singular preterite serpenteé, past participle serpenteado)

  1. (intransitive) to wind; to meander; to go like a serpent
    Synonym: culebrear
  2. (intransitive) to wriggle
    Synonym: culebrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serpentear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive serpentear
gerund serpenteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular serpenteado serpenteada
plural serpenteados serpenteadas
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 serpenteo serpenteastú
serpenteásvos 		serpentea serpenteamos serpenteáis serpentean
imperfect serpenteaba serpenteabas serpenteaba serpenteábamos serpenteabais serpenteaban
preterite serpenteé serpenteaste serpenteó serpenteamos serpenteasteis serpentearon
future serpentearé serpentearás serpenteará serpentearemos serpentearéis serpentearán
conditional serpentearía serpentearías serpentearía serpentearíamos serpentearíais serpentearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present serpentee serpenteestú
serpenteésvos2 		serpentee serpenteemos serpenteéis serpenteen
imperfect
(ra) 		serpenteara serpentearas serpenteara serpenteáramos serpentearais serpentearan
imperfect
(se) 		serpentease serpenteases serpentease serpenteásemos serpenteaseis serpenteasen
future1 serpenteare serpenteares serpenteare serpenteáremos serpenteareis serpentearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative serpenteatú
serpenteávos 		serpentee serpenteemos serpentead serpenteen
negative no serpentees no serpentee no serpenteemos no serpenteéis no serpenteen

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

    Selected combined forms of serpentear

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 serpentear
dative serpentearme serpentearte serpentearle, serpentearse serpentearnos serpentearos serpentearles, serpentearse
accusative serpentearme serpentearte serpentearlo, serpentearla, serpentearse serpentearnos serpentearos serpentearlos, serpentearlas, serpentearse
with gerund serpenteando
dative serpenteándome serpenteándote serpenteándole, serpenteándose serpenteándonos serpenteándoos serpenteándoles, serpenteándose
accusative serpenteándome serpenteándote serpenteándolo, serpenteándola, serpenteándose serpenteándonos serpenteándoos serpenteándolos, serpenteándolas, serpenteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative serpentea
dative serpentéame serpentéate serpentéale serpentéanos not used serpentéales
accusative serpentéame serpentéate serpentéalo, serpentéala serpentéanos not used serpentéalos, serpentéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative serpenteá
dative serpenteame serpenteate serpenteale serpenteanos not used serpenteales
accusative serpenteame serpenteate serpentealo, serpenteala serpenteanos not used serpentealos, serpentealas
with formal second-person singular imperative serpentee
dative serpentéeme not used serpentéele, serpentéese serpentéenos not used serpentéeles
accusative serpentéeme not used serpentéelo, serpentéela, serpentéese serpentéenos not used serpentéelos, serpentéelas
with first-person plural imperative serpenteemos
dative not used serpenteémoste serpenteémosle serpenteémonos serpenteémoos serpenteémosles
accusative not used serpenteémoste serpenteémoslo, serpenteémosla serpenteémonos serpenteémoos serpenteémoslos, serpenteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative serpentead
dative serpenteadme not used serpenteadle serpenteadnos serpenteaos serpenteadles
accusative serpenteadme not used serpenteadlo, serpenteadla serpenteadnos serpenteaos serpenteadlos, serpenteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative serpenteen
dative serpentéenme not used serpentéenle serpentéennos not used serpentéenles, serpentéense
accusative serpentéenme not used serpentéenlo, serpentéenla serpentéennos not used serpentéenlos, serpentéenlas, serpentéense

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