chavetear

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃabeteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.β̞e.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cha‧ve‧te‧ar

Verb

chavetear (first-person singular present chaveteo, first-person singular preterite chaveteé, past participle chaveteado)

(Peru, transitive) to knife; stab

Conjugation

Conjugation of chavetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			chavetear
gerund			chaveteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chaveteado		chaveteada
		plural		chaveteados		chaveteadas
		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	chaveteo	chaveteas^{^tú} chaveteás^{^vos}	chavetea	chaveteamos	chaveteáis	chavetean
	imperfect	chaveteaba	chaveteabas	chaveteaba	chaveteábamos	chaveteabais	chaveteaban
	preterite	chaveteé	chaveteaste	chaveteó	chaveteamos	chaveteasteis	chavetearon
	future	chavetearé	chavetearás	chaveteará	chavetearemos	chavetearéis	chavetearán
	conditional	chavetearía	chavetearías	chavetearía	chavetearíamos	chavetearíais	chavetearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chavetee	chavetees^{^tú} chaveteés^{^vos²}	chavetee	chaveteemos	chaveteéis	chaveteen
	imperfect (ra)	chaveteara	chavetearas	chaveteara	chaveteáramos	chavetearais	chavetearan
	imperfect (se)	chavetease	chaveteases	chavetease	chaveteásemos	chaveteaseis	chaveteasen
	future¹	chaveteare	chaveteares	chaveteare	chaveteáremos	chaveteareis	chavetearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chavetea^{^tú} chaveteá^{^vos}	chavetee	chaveteemos	chavetead	chaveteen
	negative		no chavetees	no chavetee	no chaveteemos	no chaveteéis	no chaveteen

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

Selected combined forms of chavetear

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 chavetear
	dative	chavetearme	chavetearte	chavetearle, chavetearse	chavetearnos	chavetearos	chavetearles, chavetearse
	accusative	chavetearme	chavetearte	chavetearlo, chavetearla, chavetearse	chavetearnos	chavetearos	chavetearlos, chavetearlas, chavetearse

with gerund chaveteando
	dative	chaveteándome	chaveteándote	chaveteándole, chaveteándose	chaveteándonos	chaveteándoos	chaveteándoles, chaveteándose
	accusative	chaveteándome	chaveteándote	chaveteándolo, chaveteándola, chaveteándose	chaveteándonos	chaveteándoos	chaveteándolos, chaveteándolas, chaveteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative chavetea
	dative	chavetéame	chavetéate	chavetéale	chavetéanos	not used	chavetéales
	accusative	chavetéame	chavetéate	chavetéalo, chavetéala	chavetéanos	not used	chavetéalos, chavetéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative chaveteá
	dative	chaveteame	chaveteate	chaveteale	chaveteanos	not used	chaveteales
	accusative	chaveteame	chaveteate	chavetealo, chaveteala	chaveteanos	not used	chavetealos, chavetealas

with formal second-person singular imperative chavetee
	dative	chavetéeme	not used	chavetéele, chavetéese	chavetéenos	not used	chavetéeles
	accusative	chavetéeme	not used	chavetéelo, chavetéela, chavetéese	chavetéenos	not used	chavetéelos, chavetéelas

with first-person plural imperative chaveteemos
	dative	not used	chaveteémoste	chaveteémosle	chaveteémonos	chaveteémoos	chaveteémosles
	accusative	not used	chaveteémoste	chaveteémoslo, chaveteémosla	chaveteémonos	chaveteémoos	chaveteémoslos, chaveteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative chavetead
	dative	chaveteadme	not used	chaveteadle	chaveteadnos	chaveteaos	chaveteadles
	accusative	chaveteadme	not used	chaveteadlo, chaveteadla	chaveteadnos	chaveteaos	chaveteadlos, chaveteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative chaveteen
	dative	chavetéenme	not used	chavetéenle	chavetéennos	not used	chavetéenles, chavetéense
	accusative	chavetéenme	not used	chavetéenlo, chavetéenla	chavetéennos	not used	chavetéenlos, chavetéenlas, chavetéense