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Spanish
Etymology
From tanto + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tan‧te‧ar
Verb
tantear (first-person singular present tanteo, first-person singular preterite tanteé, past participle tanteado)
- to grope, to feel one's way, to search by feeling
- (also figurative) to weigh up, to size up, to sound out
2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Yo la busco indaga en la fragilidad emocional masculina, tantea nuevos modelos de convivencia y relación, adopta cierto espíritu de novela de caballerías (la entrega del cuaderno) y propone un modelo de discurso claramente indisociable de lo vital.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to estimate
- Synonym: estimar
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 tantear
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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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 tantear
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| dative
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tantearme
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tantearte
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tantearle, tantearse
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tantearnos
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tantearos
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tantearles, tantearse
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| accusative
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tantearme
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tantearte
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tantearlo, tantearla, tantearse
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tantearnos
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tantearos
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tantearlos, tantearlas, tantearse
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| with gerund tanteando
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| dative
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tanteándome
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tanteándote
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tanteándole, tanteándose
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tanteándonos
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tanteándoos
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tanteándoles, tanteándose
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| accusative
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tanteándome
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tanteándote
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tanteándolo, tanteándola, tanteándose
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tanteándonos
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tanteándoos
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tanteándolos, tanteándolas, tanteándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tantea
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| dative
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tantéame
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tantéate
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tantéale
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tantéanos
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not used
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tantéales
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| accusative
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tantéame
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tantéate
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tantéalo, tantéala
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tantéanos
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not used
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tantéalos, tantéalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tanteá
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| dative
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tanteame
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tanteate
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tanteale
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tanteanos
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not used
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tanteales
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| accusative
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tanteame
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tanteate
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tantealo, tanteala
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tanteanos
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not used
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tantealos, tantealas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative tantee
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| dative
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tantéeme
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not used
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tantéele, tantéese
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tantéenos
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not used
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tantéeles
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| accusative
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tantéeme
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not used
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tantéelo, tantéela, tantéese
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tantéenos
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not used
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tantéelos, tantéelas
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| with first-person plural imperative tanteemos
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| dative
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not used
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tanteémoste
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tanteémosle
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tanteémonos
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tanteémoos
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tanteémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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tanteémoste
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tanteémoslo, tanteémosla
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tanteémonos
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tanteémoos
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tanteémoslos, tanteémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative tantead
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| dative
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tanteadme
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not used
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tanteadle
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tanteadnos
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tanteaos
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tanteadles
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| accusative
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tanteadme
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not used
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tanteadlo, tanteadla
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tanteadnos
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tanteaos
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tanteadlos, tanteadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative tanteen
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| dative
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tantéenme
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not used
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tantéenle
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tantéennos
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not used
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tantéenles, tantéense
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| accusative
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tantéenme
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not used
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tantéenlo, tantéenla
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tantéennos
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not used
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tantéenlos, tantéenlas, tantéense
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