manotear

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From manota +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /manoteˈaɾ/ [ma.no.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ma‧no‧te‧ar

Verb edit

manotear (first-person singular present manoteo, first-person singular preterite manoteé, past participle manoteado)

(transitive) to slap, smack, spank
(intransitive) to gesticulate
Synonym: gesticular

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of manotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			manotear
gerund			manoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manoteado		manoteada
		plural		manoteados		manoteadas
		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	manoteo	manoteas^{^tú} manoteás^{^vos}	manotea	manoteamos	manoteáis	manotean
	imperfect	manoteaba	manoteabas	manoteaba	manoteábamos	manoteabais	manoteaban
	preterite	manoteé	manoteaste	manoteó	manoteamos	manoteasteis	manotearon
	future	manotearé	manotearás	manoteará	manotearemos	manotearéis	manotearán
	conditional	manotearía	manotearías	manotearía	manotearíamos	manotearíais	manotearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manotee	manotees^{^tú} manoteés^{^vos²}	manotee	manoteemos	manoteéis	manoteen
	imperfect (ra)	manoteara	manotearas	manoteara	manoteáramos	manotearais	manotearan
	imperfect (se)	manotease	manoteases	manotease	manoteásemos	manoteaseis	manoteasen
	future¹	manoteare	manoteares	manoteare	manoteáremos	manoteareis	manotearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manotea^{^tú} manoteá^{^vos}	manotee	manoteemos	manotead	manoteen
	negative		no manotees	no manotee	no manoteemos	no manoteéis	no manoteen

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

Further reading edit

“manotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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