datear

Spanish

Verb

datear (first-person singular present dateo, first-person singular preterite dateé, past participle dateado)

1. (colloquial, Venezuela) to hit up with info
2. (Chile) to let someone in on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of datear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			datear
gerund			dateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dateado		dateada
		plural		dateados		dateadas
		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	dateo	dateastú dateásvos	datea	dateamos	dateáis	datean
	imperfect	dateaba	dateabas	dateaba	dateábamos	dateabais	dateaban
	preterite	dateé	dateaste	dateó	dateamos	dateasteis	datearon
	future	datearé	datearás	dateará	datearemos	datearéis	datearán
	conditional	datearía	datearías	datearía	datearíamos	datearíais	datearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	datee	dateestú dateésvos2	datee	dateemos	dateéis	dateen
	imperfect (ra)	dateara	datearas	dateara	dateáramos	datearais	datearan
	imperfect (se)	datease	dateases	datease	dateásemos	dateaseis	dateasen
	future1	dateare	dateares	dateare	dateáremos	dateareis	datearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dateatú dateávos	datee	dateemos	datead	dateen
	negative		no datees	no datee	no dateemos	no dateéis	no dateen

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

    Selected combined forms of datear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive datear
	dative	datearme	datearte	datearle, datearse	datearnos	datearos	datearles, datearse
	accusative	datearme	datearte	datearlo, datearla, datearse	datearnos	datearos	datearlos, datearlas, datearse
with gerund dateando
	dative	dateándome	dateándote	dateándole, dateándose	dateándonos	dateándoos	dateándoles, dateándose
	accusative	dateándome	dateándote	dateándolo, dateándola, dateándose	dateándonos	dateándoos	dateándolos, dateándolas, dateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative datea
	dative	datéame	datéate	datéale	datéanos	not used	datéales
	accusative	datéame	datéate	datéalo, datéala	datéanos	not used	datéalos, datéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dateá
	dative	dateame	dateate	dateale	dateanos	not used	dateales
	accusative	dateame	dateate	datealo, dateala	dateanos	not used	datealos, datealas
with formal second-person singular imperative datee
	dative	datéeme	not used	datéele, datéese	datéenos	not used	datéeles
	accusative	datéeme	not used	datéelo, datéela, datéese	datéenos	not used	datéelos, datéelas
with first-person plural imperative dateemos
	dative	not used	dateémoste	dateémosle	dateémonos	dateémoos	dateémosles
	accusative	not used	dateémoste	dateémoslo, dateémosla	dateémonos	dateémoos	dateémoslos, dateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative datead
	dative	dateadme	not used	dateadle	dateadnos	dateaos	dateadles
	accusative	dateadme	not used	dateadlo, dateadla	dateadnos	dateaos	dateadlos, dateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dateen
	dative	datéenme	not used	datéenle	datéennos	not used	datéenles, datéense
	accusative	datéenme	not used	datéenlo, datéenla	datéennos	not used	datéenlos, datéenlas, datéense

Further reading

• “datear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28