tararear

Spanish

Etymology

From tarara +‎ -ear.

Verb

tararear (first-person singular present tarareo, first-person singular preterite tarareé, past participle tarareado)

1. (transitive) to hum

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tararear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tararear
gerund			tarareando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tarareado		tarareada
		plural		tarareados		tarareadas
		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	tarareo	tarareastú tarareásvos	tararea	tarareamos	tarareáis	tararean
	imperfect	tarareaba	tarareabas	tarareaba	tarareábamos	tarareabais	tarareaban
	preterite	tarareé	tarareaste	tarareó	tarareamos	tarareasteis	tararearon
	future	tararearé	tararearás	tarareará	tararearemos	tararearéis	tararearán
	conditional	tararearía	tararearías	tararearía	tararearíamos	tararearíais	tararearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tararee	tarareestú tarareésvos2	tararee	tarareemos	tarareéis	tarareen
	imperfect (ra)	tarareara	tararearas	tarareara	tarareáramos	tararearais	tararearan
	imperfect (se)	tararease	tarareases	tararease	tarareásemos	tarareaseis	tarareasen
	future1	tarareare	tarareares	tarareare	tarareáremos	tarareareis	tararearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tarareatú tarareávos	tararee	tarareemos	tararead	tarareen
	negative		no tararees	no tararee	no tarareemos	no tarareéis	no tarareen

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

    Selected combined forms of tararear

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 tararear
	dative	tararearme	tararearte	tararearle, tararearse	tararearnos	tararearos	tararearles, tararearse
	accusative	tararearme	tararearte	tararearlo, tararearla, tararearse	tararearnos	tararearos	tararearlos, tararearlas, tararearse
with gerund tarareando
	dative	tarareándome	tarareándote	tarareándole, tarareándose	tarareándonos	tarareándoos	tarareándoles, tarareándose
	accusative	tarareándome	tarareándote	tarareándolo, tarareándola, tarareándose	tarareándonos	tarareándoos	tarareándolos, tarareándolas, tarareándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tararea
	dative	tararéame	tararéate	tararéale	tararéanos	not used	tararéales
	accusative	tararéame	tararéate	tararéalo, tararéala	tararéanos	not used	tararéalos, tararéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tarareá
	dative	tarareame	tarareate	tarareale	tarareanos	not used	tarareales
	accusative	tarareame	tarareate	tararealo, tarareala	tarareanos	not used	tararealos, tararealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tararee
	dative	tararéeme	not used	tararéele, tararéese	tararéenos	not used	tararéeles
	accusative	tararéeme	not used	tararéelo, tararéela, tararéese	tararéenos	not used	tararéelos, tararéelas
with first-person plural imperative tarareemos
	dative	not used	tarareémoste	tarareémosle	tarareémonos	tarareémoos	tarareémosles
	accusative	not used	tarareémoste	tarareémoslo, tarareémosla	tarareémonos	tarareémoos	tarareémoslos, tarareémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tararead
	dative	tarareadme	not used	tarareadle	tarareadnos	tarareaos	tarareadles
	accusative	tarareadme	not used	tarareadlo, tarareadla	tarareadnos	tarareaos	tarareadlos, tarareadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tarareen
	dative	tararéenme	not used	tararéenle	tararéennos	not used	tararéenles, tararéense
	accusative	tararéenme	not used	tararéenlo, tararéenla	tararéennos	not used	tararéenlos, tararéenlas, tararéense

Further reading

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