chotar

Spanish

Etymology

From choto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈtaɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cho‧tar

Verb

chotar (first-person singular present choto, first-person singular preterite choté, past participle chotado)

1. (obsolete, said of a kid goat) to suckle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chotar
gerund			chotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chotado		chotada
		plural		chotados		chotadas
		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	choto	chotastú chotásvos	chota	chotamos	chotáis	chotan
	imperfect	chotaba	chotabas	chotaba	chotábamos	chotabais	chotaban
	preterite	choté	chotaste	chotó	chotamos	chotasteis	chotaron
	future	chotaré	chotarás	chotará	chotaremos	chotaréis	chotarán
	conditional	chotaría	chotarías	chotaría	chotaríamos	chotaríais	chotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chote	chotestú chotésvos2	chote	chotemos	chotéis	choten
	imperfect (ra)	chotara	chotaras	chotara	chotáramos	chotarais	chotaran
	imperfect (se)	chotase	chotases	chotase	chotásemos	chotaseis	chotasen
	future1	chotare	chotares	chotare	chotáremos	chotareis	chotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chotatú chotávos	chote	chotemos	chotad	choten
	negative		no chotes	no chote	no chotemos	no chotéis	no choten

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

Derived terms

• chotacabras

 

Further reading

• “chotar”, 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