carretear

Spanish

Etymology

From carreta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kareteˈaɾ/ [ka.re.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧rre‧te‧ar

Verb

carretear (first-person singular present carreteo, first-person singular preterite carreteé, past participle carreteado)

1. (transitive) to cart, haul
2. (intransitive, aviation, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) to taxi
3. (intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to party

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carretear
gerund			carreteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carreteado		carreteada
		plural		carreteados		carreteadas
		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	carreteo	carreteastú carreteásvos	carretea	carreteamos	carreteáis	carretean
	imperfect	carreteaba	carreteabas	carreteaba	carreteábamos	carreteabais	carreteaban
	preterite	carreteé	carreteaste	carreteó	carreteamos	carreteasteis	carretearon
	future	carretearé	carretearás	carreteará	carretearemos	carretearéis	carretearán
	conditional	carretearía	carretearías	carretearía	carretearíamos	carretearíais	carretearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carretee	carreteestú carreteésvos2	carretee	carreteemos	carreteéis	carreteen
	imperfect (ra)	carreteara	carretearas	carreteara	carreteáramos	carretearais	carretearan
	imperfect (se)	carretease	carreteases	carretease	carreteásemos	carreteaseis	carreteasen
	future1	carreteare	carreteares	carreteare	carreteáremos	carreteareis	carretearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carreteatú carreteávos	carretee	carreteemos	carretead	carreteen
	negative		no carretees	no carretee	no carreteemos	no carreteéis	no carreteen

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

Further reading

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