chacotear

Spanish

Etymology

From chacota +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃakoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.ko.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧co‧te‧ar

Verb

chacotear (first-person singular present chacoteo, first-person singular preterite chacoteé, past participle chacoteado)

1. to have fun
2. (reflexive) to mock; take the mickey (out of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chacotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chacotear
gerund			chacoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chacoteado		chacoteada
		plural		chacoteados		chacoteadas
		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	chacoteo	chacoteastú chacoteásvos	chacotea	chacoteamos	chacoteáis	chacotean
	imperfect	chacoteaba	chacoteabas	chacoteaba	chacoteábamos	chacoteabais	chacoteaban
	preterite	chacoteé	chacoteaste	chacoteó	chacoteamos	chacoteasteis	chacotearon
	future	chacotearé	chacotearás	chacoteará	chacotearemos	chacotearéis	chacotearán
	conditional	chacotearía	chacotearías	chacotearía	chacotearíamos	chacotearíais	chacotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chacotee	chacoteestú chacoteésvos2	chacotee	chacoteemos	chacoteéis	chacoteen
	imperfect (ra)	chacoteara	chacotearas	chacoteara	chacoteáramos	chacotearais	chacotearan
	imperfect (se)	chacotease	chacoteases	chacotease	chacoteásemos	chacoteaseis	chacoteasen
	future1	chacoteare	chacoteares	chacoteare	chacoteáremos	chacoteareis	chacotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chacoteatú chacoteávos	chacotee	chacoteemos	chacotead	chacoteen
	negative		no chacotees	no chacotee	no chacoteemos	no chacoteéis	no chacoteen

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

Further reading

• “chacotear”, 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