plantear

Spanish

Etymology

From planta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planteˈaɾ/ [plãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: plan‧te‧ar

Verb

plantear (first-person singular present planteo, first-person singular preterite planteé, past participle planteado)

1. to bring up, to pose, to present (e.g., a problem, challenge, threat)
2. to raise, to pose, to suggest, to propose, to bring up, to formulate (e.g., a question, a solution, an idea)
3. to consider
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to arise, to come up
5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to show off.

   Él plantea sus nuevos zapatos.

   He shows off his new shoes.

   Le gusta plantear cuando sale a la calle.

   He likes to show off when he goes outside in the streets.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plantear
gerund			planteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		planteado		planteada
		plural		planteados		planteadas
		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	planteo	planteastú planteásvos	plantea	planteamos	planteáis	plantean
	imperfect	planteaba	planteabas	planteaba	planteábamos	planteabais	planteaban
	preterite	planteé	planteaste	planteó	planteamos	planteasteis	plantearon
	future	plantearé	plantearás	planteará	plantearemos	plantearéis	plantearán
	conditional	plantearía	plantearías	plantearía	plantearíamos	plantearíais	plantearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plantee	planteestú planteésvos2	plantee	planteemos	planteéis	planteen
	imperfect (ra)	planteara	plantearas	planteara	planteáramos	plantearais	plantearan
	imperfect (se)	plantease	planteases	plantease	planteásemos	planteaseis	planteasen
	future1	planteare	planteares	planteare	planteáremos	planteareis	plantearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		planteatú planteávos	plantee	planteemos	plantead	planteen
	negative		no plantees	no plantee	no planteemos	no planteéis	no planteen

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

    Selected combined forms of plantear

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 plantear
	dative	plantearme	plantearte	plantearle, plantearse	plantearnos	plantearos	plantearles, plantearse
	accusative	plantearme	plantearte	plantearlo, plantearla, plantearse	plantearnos	plantearos	plantearlos, plantearlas, plantearse
with gerund planteando
	dative	planteándome	planteándote	planteándole, planteándose	planteándonos	planteándoos	planteándoles, planteándose
	accusative	planteándome	planteándote	planteándolo, planteándola, planteándose	planteándonos	planteándoos	planteándolos, planteándolas, planteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative plantea
	dative	plantéame	plantéate	plantéale	plantéanos	not used	plantéales
	accusative	plantéame	plantéate	plantéalo, plantéala	plantéanos	not used	plantéalos, plantéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative planteá
	dative	planteame	planteate	planteale	planteanos	not used	planteales
	accusative	planteame	planteate	plantealo, planteala	planteanos	not used	plantealos, plantealas
with formal second-person singular imperative plantee
	dative	plantéeme	not used	plantéele, plantéese	plantéenos	not used	plantéeles
	accusative	plantéeme	not used	plantéelo, plantéela, plantéese	plantéenos	not used	plantéelos, plantéelas
with first-person plural imperative planteemos
	dative	not used	planteémoste	planteémosle	planteémonos	planteémoos	planteémosles
	accusative	not used	planteémoste	planteémoslo, planteémosla	planteémonos	planteémoos	planteémoslos, planteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plantead
	dative	planteadme	not used	planteadle	planteadnos	planteaos	planteadles
	accusative	planteadme	not used	planteadlo, planteadla	planteadnos	planteaos	planteadlos, planteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative planteen
	dative	plantéenme	not used	plantéenle	plantéennos	not used	plantéenles, plantéense
	accusative	plantéenme	not used	plantéenlo, plantéenla	plantéennos	not used	plantéenlos, plantéenlas, plantéense

Derived terms

• (El Salvador) plante
• planteamiento
• planteo
• (El Salvador) plantoso
• replantear

 

Further reading

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