machetear

Spanish

Etymology

From machete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [ma.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ma‧che‧te‧ar

Verb

machetear (first-person singular present macheteo, first-person singular preterite macheteé, past participle macheteado)

(transitive) to chop with a machete
(Chile) to ask for money or food

Conjugation

Conjugation of machetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			machetear
gerund			macheteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		macheteado		macheteada
		plural		macheteados		macheteadas
		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	macheteo	macheteas^{^tú} macheteás^{^vos}	machetea	macheteamos	macheteáis	machetean
	imperfect	macheteaba	macheteabas	macheteaba	macheteábamos	macheteabais	macheteaban
	preterite	macheteé	macheteaste	macheteó	macheteamos	macheteasteis	machetearon
	future	machetearé	machetearás	macheteará	machetearemos	machetearéis	machetearán
	conditional	machetearía	machetearías	machetearía	machetearíamos	machetearíais	machetearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	machetee	machetees^{^tú} macheteés^{^vos²}	machetee	macheteemos	macheteéis	macheteen
	imperfect (ra)	macheteara	machetearas	macheteara	macheteáramos	machetearais	machetearan
	imperfect (se)	machetease	macheteases	machetease	macheteásemos	macheteaseis	macheteasen
	future¹	macheteare	macheteares	macheteare	macheteáremos	macheteareis	machetearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		machetea^{^tú} macheteá^{^vos}	machetee	macheteemos	machetead	macheteen
	negative		no machetees	no machetee	no macheteemos	no macheteéis	no macheteen

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

Further reading

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

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