acachetear

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ cachete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [a.ka.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧che‧te‧ar

Verb

acachetear (first-person singular present acacheteo, first-person singular preterite acacheteé, past participle acacheteado)

1. (transitive) to slap, strike with an open hand
2. (transitive) to punch, hit with a closed fist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acachetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acachetear
gerund			acacheteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acacheteado		acacheteada
		plural		acacheteados		acacheteadas
		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	acacheteo	acacheteastú acacheteásvos	acachetea	acacheteamos	acacheteáis	acachetean
	imperfect	acacheteaba	acacheteabas	acacheteaba	acacheteábamos	acacheteabais	acacheteaban
	preterite	acacheteé	acacheteaste	acacheteó	acacheteamos	acacheteasteis	acachetearon
	future	acachetearé	acachetearás	acacheteará	acachetearemos	acachetearéis	acachetearán
	conditional	acachetearía	acachetearías	acachetearía	acachetearíamos	acachetearíais	acachetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acachetee	acacheteestú acacheteésvos2	acachetee	acacheteemos	acacheteéis	acacheteen
	imperfect (ra)	acacheteara	acachetearas	acacheteara	acacheteáramos	acachetearais	acachetearan
	imperfect (se)	acachetease	acacheteases	acachetease	acacheteásemos	acacheteaseis	acacheteasen
	future1	acacheteare	acacheteares	acacheteare	acacheteáremos	acacheteareis	acachetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acacheteatú acacheteávos	acachetee	acacheteemos	acachetead	acacheteen
	negative		no acachetees	no acachetee	no acacheteemos	no acacheteéis	no acacheteen

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

    Selected combined forms of acachetear

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 acachetear	dative	acachetearme	acachetearte	acachetearle, acachetearse	acachetearnos	acachetearos	acachetearles, acachetearse
	accusative	acachetearme	acachetearte	acachetearlo, acachetearla, acachetearse	acachetearnos	acachetearos	acachetearlos, acachetearlas, acachetearse
with gerund acacheteando	dative	acacheteándome	acacheteándote	acacheteándole, acacheteándose	acacheteándonos	acacheteándoos	acacheteándoles, acacheteándose
	accusative	acacheteándome	acacheteándote	acacheteándolo, acacheteándola, acacheteándose	acacheteándonos	acacheteándoos	acacheteándolos, acacheteándolas, acacheteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acachetea	dative	acachetéame	acachetéate	acachetéale	acachetéanos	not used	acachetéales
	accusative	acachetéame	acachetéate	acachetéalo, acachetéala	acachetéanos	not used	acachetéalos, acachetéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acacheteá	dative	acacheteame	acacheteate	acacheteale	acacheteanos	not used	acacheteales
	accusative	acacheteame	acacheteate	acachetealo, acacheteala	acacheteanos	not used	acachetealos, acachetealas
with formal second-person singular imperative acachetee	dative	acachetéeme	not used	acachetéele, acachetéese	acachetéenos	not used	acachetéeles
	accusative	acachetéeme	not used	acachetéelo, acachetéela, acachetéese	acachetéenos	not used	acachetéelos, acachetéelas
with first-person plural imperative acacheteemos	dative	not used	acacheteémoste	acacheteémosle	acacheteémonos	acacheteémoos	acacheteémosles
	accusative	not used	acacheteémoste	acacheteémoslo, acacheteémosla	acacheteémonos	acacheteémoos	acacheteémoslos, acacheteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acachetead	dative	acacheteadme	not used	acacheteadle	acacheteadnos	acacheteaos	acacheteadles
	accusative	acacheteadme	not used	acacheteadlo, acacheteadla	acacheteadnos	acacheteaos	acacheteadlos, acacheteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acacheteen	dative	acachetéenme	not used	acachetéenle	acachetéennos	not used	acachetéenles, acachetéense
	accusative	acachetéenme	not used	acachetéenlo, acachetéenla	acachetéennos	not used	acachetéenlos, acachetéenlas, acachetéense

Further reading

• “acachetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10