chapotear

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare English splash, splosh, splish, slosh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃapoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.po.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧po‧te‧ar

Verb

chapotear (first-person singular present chapoteo, first-person singular preterite chapoteé, past participle chapoteado)

1. splash, splatter, dabble

   Synonym: chapalear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chapotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chapotear
gerund			chapoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chapoteado		chapoteada
		plural		chapoteados		chapoteadas
		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	chapoteo	chapoteastú chapoteásvos	chapotea	chapoteamos	chapoteáis	chapotean
	imperfect	chapoteaba	chapoteabas	chapoteaba	chapoteábamos	chapoteabais	chapoteaban
	preterite	chapoteé	chapoteaste	chapoteó	chapoteamos	chapoteasteis	chapotearon
	future	chapotearé	chapotearás	chapoteará	chapotearemos	chapotearéis	chapotearán
	conditional	chapotearía	chapotearías	chapotearía	chapotearíamos	chapotearíais	chapotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chapotee	chapoteestú chapoteésvos2	chapotee	chapoteemos	chapoteéis	chapoteen
	imperfect (ra)	chapoteara	chapotearas	chapoteara	chapoteáramos	chapotearais	chapotearan
	imperfect (se)	chapotease	chapoteases	chapotease	chapoteásemos	chapoteaseis	chapoteasen
	future1	chapoteare	chapoteares	chapoteare	chapoteáremos	chapoteareis	chapotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chapoteatú chapoteávos	chapotee	chapoteemos	chapotead	chapoteen
	negative		no chapotees	no chapotee	no chapoteemos	no chapoteéis	no chapoteen

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

    Selected combined forms of chapotear

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 chapotear
	dative	chapotearme	chapotearte	chapotearle, chapotearse	chapotearnos	chapotearos	chapotearles, chapotearse
	accusative	chapotearme	chapotearte	chapotearlo, chapotearla, chapotearse	chapotearnos	chapotearos	chapotearlos, chapotearlas, chapotearse
with gerund chapoteando
	dative	chapoteándome	chapoteándote	chapoteándole, chapoteándose	chapoteándonos	chapoteándoos	chapoteándoles, chapoteándose
	accusative	chapoteándome	chapoteándote	chapoteándolo, chapoteándola, chapoteándose	chapoteándonos	chapoteándoos	chapoteándolos, chapoteándolas, chapoteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chapotea
	dative	chapotéame	chapotéate	chapotéale	chapotéanos	not used	chapotéales
	accusative	chapotéame	chapotéate	chapotéalo, chapotéala	chapotéanos	not used	chapotéalos, chapotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chapoteá
	dative	chapoteame	chapoteate	chapoteale	chapoteanos	not used	chapoteales
	accusative	chapoteame	chapoteate	chapotealo, chapoteala	chapoteanos	not used	chapotealos, chapotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chapotee
	dative	chapotéeme	not used	chapotéele, chapotéese	chapotéenos	not used	chapotéeles
	accusative	chapotéeme	not used	chapotéelo, chapotéela, chapotéese	chapotéenos	not used	chapotéelos, chapotéelas
with first-person plural imperative chapoteemos
	dative	not used	chapoteémoste	chapoteémosle	chapoteémonos	chapoteémoos	chapoteémosles
	accusative	not used	chapoteémoste	chapoteémoslo, chapoteémosla	chapoteémonos	chapoteémoos	chapoteémoslos, chapoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chapotead
	dative	chapoteadme	not used	chapoteadle	chapoteadnos	chapoteaos	chapoteadles
	accusative	chapoteadme	not used	chapoteadlo, chapoteadla	chapoteadnos	chapoteaos	chapoteadlos, chapoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chapoteen
	dative	chapotéenme	not used	chapotéenle	chapotéennos	not used	chapotéenles, chapotéense
	accusative	chapotéenme	not used	chapotéenlo, chapotéenla	chapotéennos	not used	chapotéenlos, chapotéenlas, chapotéense

Derived terms

• chapoteadero

 

Further reading

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