copetear

Spanish

Etymology

From copa.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

copetear (first-person singular present copeteo, first-person singular preterite copeteé, past participle copeteado)

1. (Chile, colloquial) to go out for drinks

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			copetear
gerund			copeteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copeteado		copeteada
		plural		copeteados		copeteadas
		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	copeteo	copeteastú copeteásvos	copetea	copeteamos	copeteáis	copetean
	imperfect	copeteaba	copeteabas	copeteaba	copeteábamos	copeteabais	copeteaban
	preterite	copeteé	copeteaste	copeteó	copeteamos	copeteasteis	copetearon
	future	copetearé	copetearás	copeteará	copetearemos	copetearéis	copetearán
	conditional	copetearía	copetearías	copetearía	copetearíamos	copetearíais	copetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	copetee	copeteestú copeteésvos2	copetee	copeteemos	copeteéis	copeteen
	imperfect (ra)	copeteara	copetearas	copeteara	copeteáramos	copetearais	copetearan
	imperfect (se)	copetease	copeteases	copetease	copeteásemos	copeteaseis	copeteasen
	future1	copeteare	copeteares	copeteare	copeteáremos	copeteareis	copetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		copeteatú copeteávos	copetee	copeteemos	copetead	copeteen
	negative		no copetees	no copetee	no copeteemos	no copeteéis	no copeteen

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

Further reading

• “copetear”, 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