recatear

Spanish

Verb

recatear (first-person singular present recateo, first-person singular preterite recateé, past participle recateado)

1. Alternative spelling of regatear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recatear
gerund			recateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recateado		recateada
		plural		recateados		recateadas
		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	recateo	recateastú recateásvos	recatea	recateamos	recateáis	recatean
	imperfect	recateaba	recateabas	recateaba	recateábamos	recateabais	recateaban
	preterite	recateé	recateaste	recateó	recateamos	recateasteis	recatearon
	future	recatearé	recatearás	recateará	recatearemos	recatearéis	recatearán
	conditional	recatearía	recatearías	recatearía	recatearíamos	recatearíais	recatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recatee	recateestú recateésvos2	recatee	recateemos	recateéis	recateen
	imperfect (ra)	recateara	recatearas	recateara	recateáramos	recatearais	recatearan
	imperfect (se)	recatease	recateases	recatease	recateásemos	recateaseis	recateasen
	future1	recateare	recateares	recateare	recateáremos	recateareis	recatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recateatú recateávos	recatee	recateemos	recatead	recateen
	negative		no recatees	no recatee	no recateemos	no recateéis	no recateen

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

    Selected combined forms of recatear

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 recatear
	dative	recatearme	recatearte	recatearle, recatearse	recatearnos	recatearos	recatearles, recatearse
	accusative	recatearme	recatearte	recatearlo, recatearla, recatearse	recatearnos	recatearos	recatearlos, recatearlas, recatearse
with gerund recateando
	dative	recateándome	recateándote	recateándole, recateándose	recateándonos	recateándoos	recateándoles, recateándose
	accusative	recateándome	recateándote	recateándolo, recateándola, recateándose	recateándonos	recateándoos	recateándolos, recateándolas, recateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recatea
	dative	recatéame	recatéate	recatéale	recatéanos	not used	recatéales
	accusative	recatéame	recatéate	recatéalo, recatéala	recatéanos	not used	recatéalos, recatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recateá
	dative	recateame	recateate	recateale	recateanos	not used	recateales
	accusative	recateame	recateate	recatealo, recateala	recateanos	not used	recatealos, recatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative recatee
	dative	recatéeme	not used	recatéele, recatéese	recatéenos	not used	recatéeles
	accusative	recatéeme	not used	recatéelo, recatéela, recatéese	recatéenos	not used	recatéelos, recatéelas
with first-person plural imperative recateemos
	dative	not used	recateémoste	recateémosle	recateémonos	recateémoos	recateémosles
	accusative	not used	recateémoste	recateémoslo, recateémosla	recateémonos	recateémoos	recateémoslos, recateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recatead
	dative	recateadme	not used	recateadle	recateadnos	recateaos	recateadles
	accusative	recateadme	not used	recateadlo, recateadla	recateadnos	recateaos	recateadlos, recateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recateen
	dative	recatéenme	not used	recatéenle	recatéennos	not used	recatéenles, recatéense
	accusative	recatéenme	not used	recatéenlo, recatéenla	recatéennos	not used	recatéenlos, recatéenlas, recatéense

Further reading

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