bastonear

Spanish

Etymology

From bastón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bastoneˈaɾ/ [bas.t̪o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bas‧to‧ne‧ar

Verb

bastonear (first-person singular present bastoneo, first-person singular preterite bastoneé, past participle bastoneado)

1. to hit with a staff or stick

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bastonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bastonear
gerund			bastoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bastoneado		bastoneada
		plural		bastoneados		bastoneadas
		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	bastoneo	bastoneastú bastoneásvos	bastonea	bastoneamos	bastoneáis	bastonean
	imperfect	bastoneaba	bastoneabas	bastoneaba	bastoneábamos	bastoneabais	bastoneaban
	preterite	bastoneé	bastoneaste	bastoneó	bastoneamos	bastoneasteis	bastonearon
	future	bastonearé	bastonearás	bastoneará	bastonearemos	bastonearéis	bastonearán
	conditional	bastonearía	bastonearías	bastonearía	bastonearíamos	bastonearíais	bastonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bastonee	bastoneestú bastoneésvos2	bastonee	bastoneemos	bastoneéis	bastoneen
	imperfect (ra)	bastoneara	bastonearas	bastoneara	bastoneáramos	bastonearais	bastonearan
	imperfect (se)	bastonease	bastoneases	bastonease	bastoneásemos	bastoneaseis	bastoneasen
	future1	bastoneare	bastoneares	bastoneare	bastoneáremos	bastoneareis	bastonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bastoneatú bastoneávos	bastonee	bastoneemos	bastonead	bastoneen
	negative		no bastonees	no bastonee	no bastoneemos	no bastoneéis	no bastoneen

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

Further reading

• “bastonear”, 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