patear

Spanish

Etymology

From patada +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pateˈaɾ/ [pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧ar

Verb

patear (first-person singular present pateo, first-person singular preterite pateé, past participle pateado)

1. to kick
2. to hit
3. to stamp, stomp
4. (Chile) to ditch; to dump; to break up with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of patear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			patear
gerund			pateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pateado		pateada
		plural		pateados		pateadas
		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	pateo	pateastú pateásvos	patea	pateamos	pateáis	patean
	imperfect	pateaba	pateabas	pateaba	pateábamos	pateabais	pateaban
	preterite	pateé	pateaste	pateó	pateamos	pateasteis	patearon
	future	patearé	patearás	pateará	patearemos	patearéis	patearán
	conditional	patearía	patearías	patearía	patearíamos	patearíais	patearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	patee	pateestú pateésvos2	patee	pateemos	pateéis	pateen
	imperfect (ra)	pateara	patearas	pateara	pateáramos	patearais	patearan
	imperfect (se)	patease	pateases	patease	pateásemos	pateaseis	pateasen
	future1	pateare	pateares	pateare	pateáremos	pateareis	patearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pateatú pateávos	patee	pateemos	patead	pateen
	negative		no patees	no patee	no pateemos	no pateéis	no pateen

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

    Selected combined forms of patear

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 patear
	dative	patearme	patearte	patearle, patearse	patearnos	patearos	patearles, patearse
	accusative	patearme	patearte	patearlo, patearla, patearse	patearnos	patearos	patearlos, patearlas, patearse
with gerund pateando
	dative	pateándome	pateándote	pateándole, pateándose	pateándonos	pateándoos	pateándoles, pateándose
	accusative	pateándome	pateándote	pateándolo, pateándola, pateándose	pateándonos	pateándoos	pateándolos, pateándolas, pateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative patea
	dative	patéame	patéate	patéale	patéanos	not used	patéales
	accusative	patéame	patéate	patéalo, patéala	patéanos	not used	patéalos, patéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pateá
	dative	pateame	pateate	pateale	pateanos	not used	pateales
	accusative	pateame	pateate	patealo, pateala	pateanos	not used	patealos, patealas
with formal second-person singular imperative patee
	dative	patéeme	not used	patéele, patéese	patéenos	not used	patéeles
	accusative	patéeme	not used	patéelo, patéela, patéese	patéenos	not used	patéelos, patéelas
with first-person plural imperative pateemos
	dative	not used	pateémoste	pateémosle	pateémonos	pateémoos	pateémosles
	accusative	not used	pateémoste	pateémoslo, pateémosla	pateémonos	pateémoos	pateémoslos, pateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative patead
	dative	pateadme	not used	pateadle	pateadnos	pateaos	pateadles
	accusative	pateadme	not used	pateadlo, pateadla	pateadnos	pateaos	pateadlos, pateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pateen
	dative	patéenme	not used	patéenle	patéennos	not used	patéenles, patéense
	accusative	patéenme	not used	patéenlo, patéenla	patéennos	not used	patéenlos, patéenlas, patéense

Derived terms

• pateador
• pateadura

 

Descendants

• →? Murui Huitoto: pete

Further reading

• “patear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28