candidatear

Spanish

Etymology

From candidato +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kandidateˈaɾ/ [kãn̪.d̪i.ð̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧di‧da‧te‧ar

Verb

candidatear (first-person singular present candidateo, first-person singular preterite candidateé, past participle candidateado)

1. to offer up as candidate
   • 2015 October 5, “La oposición de Bolivia rechaza la pregunta sobre la reelección”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Puesto que la Constitución solo autoriza una reelección continua, está impedido de candidatear inmediatamente después de finalizar esta gestión.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of candidatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			candidatear
gerund			candidateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		candidateado		candidateada
		plural		candidateados		candidateadas
		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	candidateo	candidateastú candidateásvos	candidatea	candidateamos	candidateáis	candidatean
	imperfect	candidateaba	candidateabas	candidateaba	candidateábamos	candidateabais	candidateaban
	preterite	candidateé	candidateaste	candidateó	candidateamos	candidateasteis	candidatearon
	future	candidatearé	candidatearás	candidateará	candidatearemos	candidatearéis	candidatearán
	conditional	candidatearía	candidatearías	candidatearía	candidatearíamos	candidatearíais	candidatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	candidatee	candidateestú candidateésvos2	candidatee	candidateemos	candidateéis	candidateen
	imperfect (ra)	candidateara	candidatearas	candidateara	candidateáramos	candidatearais	candidatearan
	imperfect (se)	candidatease	candidateases	candidatease	candidateásemos	candidateaseis	candidateasen
	future1	candidateare	candidateares	candidateare	candidateáremos	candidateareis	candidatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		candidateatú candidateávos	candidatee	candidateemos	candidatead	candidateen
	negative		no candidatees	no candidatee	no candidateemos	no candidateéis	no candidateen

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

    Selected combined forms of candidatear

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 candidatear
	dative	candidatearme	candidatearte	candidatearle, candidatearse	candidatearnos	candidatearos	candidatearles, candidatearse
	accusative	candidatearme	candidatearte	candidatearlo, candidatearla, candidatearse	candidatearnos	candidatearos	candidatearlos, candidatearlas, candidatearse
with gerund candidateando
	dative	candidateándome	candidateándote	candidateándole, candidateándose	candidateándonos	candidateándoos	candidateándoles, candidateándose
	accusative	candidateándome	candidateándote	candidateándolo, candidateándola, candidateándose	candidateándonos	candidateándoos	candidateándolos, candidateándolas, candidateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative candidatea
	dative	candidatéame	candidatéate	candidatéale	candidatéanos	not used	candidatéales
	accusative	candidatéame	candidatéate	candidatéalo, candidatéala	candidatéanos	not used	candidatéalos, candidatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative candidateá
	dative	candidateame	candidateate	candidateale	candidateanos	not used	candidateales
	accusative	candidateame	candidateate	candidatealo, candidateala	candidateanos	not used	candidatealos, candidatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative candidatee
	dative	candidatéeme	not used	candidatéele, candidatéese	candidatéenos	not used	candidatéeles
	accusative	candidatéeme	not used	candidatéelo, candidatéela, candidatéese	candidatéenos	not used	candidatéelos, candidatéelas
with first-person plural imperative candidateemos
	dative	not used	candidateémoste	candidateémosle	candidateémonos	candidateémoos	candidateémosles
	accusative	not used	candidateémoste	candidateémoslo, candidateémosla	candidateémonos	candidateémoos	candidateémoslos, candidateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative candidatead
	dative	candidateadme	not used	candidateadle	candidateadnos	candidateaos	candidateadles
	accusative	candidateadme	not used	candidateadlo, candidateadla	candidateadnos	candidateaos	candidateadlos, candidateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative candidateen
	dative	candidatéenme	not used	candidatéenle	candidatéennos	not used	candidatéenles, candidatéense
	accusative	candidatéenme	not used	candidatéenlo, candidatéenla	candidatéennos	not used	candidatéenlos, candidatéenlas, candidatéense

Further reading

• “candidatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28