formatear

Spanish

Etymology

From formato +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾmateˈaɾ/ [foɾ.ma.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: for‧ma‧te‧ar

Verb

formatear (first-person singular present formateo, first-person singular preterite formateé, past participle formateado)

1. to format

Conjugation

    Conjugation of formatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			formatear
gerund			formateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		formateado		formateada
		plural		formateados		formateadas
		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	formateo	formateastú formateásvos	formatea	formateamos	formateáis	formatean
	imperfect	formateaba	formateabas	formateaba	formateábamos	formateabais	formateaban
	preterite	formateé	formateaste	formateó	formateamos	formateasteis	formatearon
	future	formatearé	formatearás	formateará	formatearemos	formatearéis	formatearán
	conditional	formatearía	formatearías	formatearía	formatearíamos	formatearíais	formatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	formatee	formateestú formateésvos2	formatee	formateemos	formateéis	formateen
	imperfect (ra)	formateara	formatearas	formateara	formateáramos	formatearais	formatearan
	imperfect (se)	formatease	formateases	formatease	formateásemos	formateaseis	formateasen
	future1	formateare	formateares	formateare	formateáremos	formateareis	formatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		formateatú formateávos	formatee	formateemos	formatead	formateen
	negative		no formatees	no formatee	no formateemos	no formateéis	no formateen

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

    Selected combined forms of formatear

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 formatear
	dative	formatearme	formatearte	formatearle, formatearse	formatearnos	formatearos	formatearles, formatearse
	accusative	formatearme	formatearte	formatearlo, formatearla, formatearse	formatearnos	formatearos	formatearlos, formatearlas, formatearse
with gerund formateando
	dative	formateándome	formateándote	formateándole, formateándose	formateándonos	formateándoos	formateándoles, formateándose
	accusative	formateándome	formateándote	formateándolo, formateándola, formateándose	formateándonos	formateándoos	formateándolos, formateándolas, formateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative formatea
	dative	formatéame	formatéate	formatéale	formatéanos	not used	formatéales
	accusative	formatéame	formatéate	formatéalo, formatéala	formatéanos	not used	formatéalos, formatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative formateá
	dative	formateame	formateate	formateale	formateanos	not used	formateales
	accusative	formateame	formateate	formatealo, formateala	formateanos	not used	formatealos, formatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative formatee
	dative	formatéeme	not used	formatéele, formatéese	formatéenos	not used	formatéeles
	accusative	formatéeme	not used	formatéelo, formatéela, formatéese	formatéenos	not used	formatéelos, formatéelas
with first-person plural imperative formateemos
	dative	not used	formateémoste	formateémosle	formateémonos	formateémoos	formateémosles
	accusative	not used	formateémoste	formateémoslo, formateémosla	formateémonos	formateémoos	formateémoslos, formateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative formatead
	dative	formateadme	not used	formateadle	formateadnos	formateaos	formateadles
	accusative	formateadme	not used	formateadlo, formateadla	formateadnos	formateaos	formateadlos, formateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative formateen
	dative	formatéenme	not used	formatéenle	formatéennos	not used	formatéenles, formatéense
	accusative	formatéenme	not used	formatéenlo, formatéenla	formatéennos	not used	formatéenlos, formatéenlas, formatéense

Derived terms

• formateo

 

Further reading

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