baquetear

Spanish

Etymology

From baqueta +‎ -ear.

Verb

baquetear (first-person singular present baqueteo, first-person singular preterite baqueteé, past participle baqueteado)

1. (transitive) to pester, bother
2. (transitive) to batter, beat up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of baquetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			baquetear
gerund			baqueteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		baqueteado		baqueteada
		plural		baqueteados		baqueteadas
		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	baqueteo	baqueteastú baqueteásvos	baquetea	baqueteamos	baqueteáis	baquetean
	imperfect	baqueteaba	baqueteabas	baqueteaba	baqueteábamos	baqueteabais	baqueteaban
	preterite	baqueteé	baqueteaste	baqueteó	baqueteamos	baqueteasteis	baquetearon
	future	baquetearé	baquetearás	baqueteará	baquetearemos	baquetearéis	baquetearán
	conditional	baquetearía	baquetearías	baquetearía	baquetearíamos	baquetearíais	baquetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	baquetee	baqueteestú baqueteésvos2	baquetee	baqueteemos	baqueteéis	baqueteen
	imperfect (ra)	baqueteara	baquetearas	baqueteara	baqueteáramos	baquetearais	baquetearan
	imperfect (se)	baquetease	baqueteases	baquetease	baqueteásemos	baqueteaseis	baqueteasen
	future1	baqueteare	baqueteares	baqueteare	baqueteáremos	baqueteareis	baquetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		baqueteatú baqueteávos	baquetee	baqueteemos	baquetead	baqueteen
	negative		no baquetees	no baquetee	no baqueteemos	no baqueteéis	no baqueteen

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

Derived terms

• baqueteo

 

Further reading

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