galantear

Spanish

Etymology

From galante +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalanteˈaɾ/ [ɡa.lãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧lan‧te‧ar

Verb

galantear (first-person singular present galanteo, first-person singular preterite galanteé, past participle galanteado)

1. to court
2. to make love with
3. to flirt with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of galantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			galantear
gerund			galanteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		galanteado		galanteada
		plural		galanteados		galanteadas
		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	galanteo	galanteastú galanteásvos	galantea	galanteamos	galanteáis	galantean
	imperfect	galanteaba	galanteabas	galanteaba	galanteábamos	galanteabais	galanteaban
	preterite	galanteé	galanteaste	galanteó	galanteamos	galanteasteis	galantearon
	future	galantearé	galantearás	galanteará	galantearemos	galantearéis	galantearán
	conditional	galantearía	galantearías	galantearía	galantearíamos	galantearíais	galantearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	galantee	galanteestú galanteésvos2	galantee	galanteemos	galanteéis	galanteen
	imperfect (ra)	galanteara	galantearas	galanteara	galanteáramos	galantearais	galantearan
	imperfect (se)	galantease	galanteases	galantease	galanteásemos	galanteaseis	galanteasen
	future1	galanteare	galanteares	galanteare	galanteáremos	galanteareis	galantearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		galanteatú galanteávos	galantee	galanteemos	galantead	galanteen
	negative		no galantees	no galantee	no galanteemos	no galanteéis	no galanteen

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

    Selected combined forms of galantear

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 galantear
	dative	galantearme	galantearte	galantearle, galantearse	galantearnos	galantearos	galantearles, galantearse
	accusative	galantearme	galantearte	galantearlo, galantearla, galantearse	galantearnos	galantearos	galantearlos, galantearlas, galantearse
with gerund galanteando
	dative	galanteándome	galanteándote	galanteándole, galanteándose	galanteándonos	galanteándoos	galanteándoles, galanteándose
	accusative	galanteándome	galanteándote	galanteándolo, galanteándola, galanteándose	galanteándonos	galanteándoos	galanteándolos, galanteándolas, galanteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative galantea
	dative	galantéame	galantéate	galantéale	galantéanos	not used	galantéales
	accusative	galantéame	galantéate	galantéalo, galantéala	galantéanos	not used	galantéalos, galantéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative galanteá
	dative	galanteame	galanteate	galanteale	galanteanos	not used	galanteales
	accusative	galanteame	galanteate	galantealo, galanteala	galanteanos	not used	galantealos, galantealas
with formal second-person singular imperative galantee
	dative	galantéeme	not used	galantéele, galantéese	galantéenos	not used	galantéeles
	accusative	galantéeme	not used	galantéelo, galantéela, galantéese	galantéenos	not used	galantéelos, galantéelas
with first-person plural imperative galanteemos
	dative	not used	galanteémoste	galanteémosle	galanteémonos	galanteémoos	galanteémosles
	accusative	not used	galanteémoste	galanteémoslo, galanteémosla	galanteémonos	galanteémoos	galanteémoslos, galanteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative galantead
	dative	galanteadme	not used	galanteadle	galanteadnos	galanteaos	galanteadles
	accusative	galanteadme	not used	galanteadlo, galanteadla	galanteadnos	galanteaos	galanteadlos, galanteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative galanteen
	dative	galantéenme	not used	galantéenle	galantéennos	not used	galantéenles, galantéense
	accusative	galantéenme	not used	galantéenlo, galantéenla	galantéennos	not used	galantéenlos, galantéenlas, galantéense

Derived terms

• galanteo

 

Further reading

• “galantear”, 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