chivatear

Spanish

Etymology

From chivato +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃibateˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.β̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chi‧va‧te‧ar

Verb

chivatear (first-person singular present chivateo, first-person singular preterite chivateé, past participle chivateado)

1. (transitive, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic) to snitch
2. (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to shout; to howl; to holler
3. (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to frolic
4. (transitive, pronominal, colloquial, Cuba) Synonym of chispear
5. (transitive, colloquial, Venezuela) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chivatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chivatear
gerund			chivateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chivateado		chivateada
		plural		chivateados		chivateadas
		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	chivateo	chivateastú chivateásvos	chivatea	chivateamos	chivateáis	chivatean
	imperfect	chivateaba	chivateabas	chivateaba	chivateábamos	chivateabais	chivateaban
	preterite	chivateé	chivateaste	chivateó	chivateamos	chivateasteis	chivatearon
	future	chivatearé	chivatearás	chivateará	chivatearemos	chivatearéis	chivatearán
	conditional	chivatearía	chivatearías	chivatearía	chivatearíamos	chivatearíais	chivatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chivatee	chivateestú chivateésvos2	chivatee	chivateemos	chivateéis	chivateen
	imperfect (ra)	chivateara	chivatearas	chivateara	chivateáramos	chivatearais	chivatearan
	imperfect (se)	chivatease	chivateases	chivatease	chivateásemos	chivateaseis	chivateasen
	future1	chivateare	chivateares	chivateare	chivateáremos	chivateareis	chivatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chivateatú chivateávos	chivatee	chivateemos	chivatead	chivateen
	negative		no chivatees	no chivatee	no chivateemos	no chivateéis	no chivateen

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

Further reading

• “chivatear”, 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