corretear

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

corretear (first-person singular present correteo, first-person singular preterite correteé, past participle correteado)

1. to run around, to run about, to scamper, to scurry
2. to ramble
3. (Latin America) to persecute, chase

   Synonyms: correr, perseguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			corretear
gerund			correteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		correteado		correteada
		plural		correteados		correteadas
		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	correteo	correteastú correteásvos	corretea	correteamos	correteáis	corretean
	imperfect	correteaba	correteabas	correteaba	correteábamos	correteabais	correteaban
	preterite	correteé	correteaste	correteó	correteamos	correteasteis	corretearon
	future	corretearé	corretearás	correteará	corretearemos	corretearéis	corretearán
	conditional	corretearía	corretearías	corretearía	corretearíamos	corretearíais	corretearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	corretee	correteestú correteésvos2	corretee	correteemos	correteéis	correteen
	imperfect (ra)	correteara	corretearas	correteara	correteáramos	corretearais	corretearan
	imperfect (se)	corretease	correteases	corretease	correteásemos	correteaseis	correteasen
	future1	correteare	correteares	correteare	correteáremos	correteareis	corretearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		correteatú correteávos	corretee	correteemos	corretead	correteen
	negative		no corretees	no corretee	no correteemos	no correteéis	no correteen

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

Derived terms

• correteo

 

Related terms

• correr

 

Further reading

• “corretear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28