camotear

Spanish

Etymology

From camote (“sweet potato”) +‎ -ear.

Verb

camotear (first-person singular present camoteo, first-person singular preterite camoteé, past participle camoteado)

1. (Mexico) to wander with no specific purpose in mind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of camotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			camotear
gerund			camoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		camoteado		camoteada
		plural		camoteados		camoteadas
		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	camoteo	camoteastú camoteásvos	camotea	camoteamos	camoteáis	camotean
	imperfect	camoteaba	camoteabas	camoteaba	camoteábamos	camoteabais	camoteaban
	preterite	camoteé	camoteaste	camoteó	camoteamos	camoteasteis	camotearon
	future	camotearé	camotearás	camoteará	camotearemos	camotearéis	camotearán
	conditional	camotearía	camotearías	camotearía	camotearíamos	camotearíais	camotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	camotee	camoteestú camoteésvos2	camotee	camoteemos	camoteéis	camoteen
	imperfect (ra)	camoteara	camotearas	camoteara	camoteáramos	camotearais	camotearan
	imperfect (se)	camotease	camoteases	camotease	camoteásemos	camoteaseis	camoteasen
	future1	camoteare	camoteares	camoteare	camoteáremos	camoteareis	camotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		camoteatú camoteávos	camotee	camoteemos	camotead	camoteen
	negative		no camotees	no camotee	no camoteemos	no camoteéis	no camoteen

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

Further reading

• “camotear”, 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