bretear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeteˈaɾ/ [bɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bre‧te‧ar

Verb

bretear (first-person singular present breteo, first-person singular preterite breteé, past participle breteado)

1. (colloquial, Costa Rica) to work

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bretear
gerund			breteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		breteado		breteada
		plural		breteados		breteadas
		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	breteo	breteastú breteásvos	bretea	breteamos	breteáis	bretean
	imperfect	breteaba	breteabas	breteaba	breteábamos	breteabais	breteaban
	preterite	breteé	breteaste	breteó	breteamos	breteasteis	bretearon
	future	bretearé	bretearás	breteará	bretearemos	bretearéis	bretearán
	conditional	bretearía	bretearías	bretearía	bretearíamos	bretearíais	bretearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bretee	breteestú breteésvos2	bretee	breteemos	breteéis	breteen
	imperfect (ra)	breteara	bretearas	breteara	breteáramos	bretearais	bretearan
	imperfect (se)	bretease	breteases	bretease	breteásemos	breteaseis	breteasen
	future1	breteare	breteares	breteare	breteáremos	breteareis	bretearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		breteatú breteávos	bretee	breteemos	bretead	breteen
	negative		no bretees	no bretee	no breteemos	no breteéis	no breteen

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

    Selected combined forms of bretear

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 bretear	dative	bretearme	bretearte	bretearle, bretearse	bretearnos	bretearos	bretearles, bretearse
	accusative	bretearme	bretearte	bretearlo, bretearla, bretearse	bretearnos	bretearos	bretearlos, bretearlas, bretearse
with gerund breteando	dative	breteándome	breteándote	breteándole, breteándose	breteándonos	breteándoos	breteándoles, breteándose
	accusative	breteándome	breteándote	breteándolo, breteándola, breteándose	breteándonos	breteándoos	breteándolos, breteándolas, breteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bretea	dative	bretéame	bretéate	bretéale	bretéanos	not used	bretéales
	accusative	bretéame	bretéate	bretéalo, bretéala	bretéanos	not used	bretéalos, bretéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative breteá	dative	breteame	breteate	breteale	breteanos	not used	breteales
	accusative	breteame	breteate	bretealo, breteala	breteanos	not used	bretealos, bretealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bretee	dative	bretéeme	not used	bretéele, bretéese	bretéenos	not used	bretéeles
	accusative	bretéeme	not used	bretéelo, bretéela, bretéese	bretéenos	not used	bretéelos, bretéelas
with first-person plural imperative breteemos	dative	not used	breteémoste	breteémosle	breteémonos	breteémoos	breteémosles
	accusative	not used	breteémoste	breteémoslo, breteémosla	breteémonos	breteémoos	breteémoslos, breteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bretead	dative	breteadme	not used	breteadle	breteadnos	breteaos	breteadles
	accusative	breteadme	not used	breteadlo, breteadla	breteadnos	breteaos	breteadlos, breteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative breteen	dative	bretéenme	not used	bretéenle	bretéennos	not used	bretéenles, bretéense
	accusative	bretéenme	not used	bretéenlo, bretéenla	bretéennos	not used	bretéenlos, bretéenlas, bretéense

Further reading

• “bretear”, 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

Anagrams

• barrete, berreta