mecatear

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mecatear (first-person singular present mecateo, first-person singular preterite mecateé, past participle mecateado)

1. to eat cakes
2. to punish
3. (reflexive) to work hard

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mecatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mecatear
gerund			mecateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mecateado		mecateada
		plural		mecateados		mecateadas
		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	mecateo	mecateastú mecateásvos	mecatea	mecateamos	mecateáis	mecatean
	imperfect	mecateaba	mecateabas	mecateaba	mecateábamos	mecateabais	mecateaban
	preterite	mecateé	mecateaste	mecateó	mecateamos	mecateasteis	mecatearon
	future	mecatearé	mecatearás	mecateará	mecatearemos	mecatearéis	mecatearán
	conditional	mecatearía	mecatearías	mecatearía	mecatearíamos	mecatearíais	mecatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mecatee	mecateestú mecateésvos2	mecatee	mecateemos	mecateéis	mecateen
	imperfect (ra)	mecateara	mecatearas	mecateara	mecateáramos	mecatearais	mecatearan
	imperfect (se)	mecatease	mecateases	mecatease	mecateásemos	mecateaseis	mecateasen
	future1	mecateare	mecateares	mecateare	mecateáremos	mecateareis	mecatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mecateatú mecateávos	mecatee	mecateemos	mecatead	mecateen
	negative		no mecatees	no mecatee	no mecateemos	no mecateéis	no mecateen

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

    Selected combined forms of mecatear

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 mecatear
	dative	mecatearme	mecatearte	mecatearle, mecatearse	mecatearnos	mecatearos	mecatearles, mecatearse
	accusative	mecatearme	mecatearte	mecatearlo, mecatearla, mecatearse	mecatearnos	mecatearos	mecatearlos, mecatearlas, mecatearse
with gerund mecateando
	dative	mecateándome	mecateándote	mecateándole, mecateándose	mecateándonos	mecateándoos	mecateándoles, mecateándose
	accusative	mecateándome	mecateándote	mecateándolo, mecateándola, mecateándose	mecateándonos	mecateándoos	mecateándolos, mecateándolas, mecateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mecatea
	dative	mecatéame	mecatéate	mecatéale	mecatéanos	not used	mecatéales
	accusative	mecatéame	mecatéate	mecatéalo, mecatéala	mecatéanos	not used	mecatéalos, mecatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mecateá
	dative	mecateame	mecateate	mecateale	mecateanos	not used	mecateales
	accusative	mecateame	mecateate	mecatealo, mecateala	mecateanos	not used	mecatealos, mecatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mecatee
	dative	mecatéeme	not used	mecatéele, mecatéese	mecatéenos	not used	mecatéeles
	accusative	mecatéeme	not used	mecatéelo, mecatéela, mecatéese	mecatéenos	not used	mecatéelos, mecatéelas
with first-person plural imperative mecateemos
	dative	not used	mecateémoste	mecateémosle	mecateémonos	mecateémoos	mecateémosles
	accusative	not used	mecateémoste	mecateémoslo, mecateémosla	mecateémonos	mecateémoos	mecateémoslos, mecateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mecatead
	dative	mecateadme	not used	mecateadle	mecateadnos	mecateaos	mecateadles
	accusative	mecateadme	not used	mecateadlo, mecateadla	mecateadnos	mecateaos	mecateadlos, mecateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mecateen
	dative	mecatéenme	not used	mecatéenle	mecatéennos	not used	mecatéenles, mecatéense
	accusative	mecatéenme	not used	mecatéenlo, mecatéenla	mecatéennos	not used	mecatéenlos, mecatéenlas, mecatéense

Further reading

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