gorgotear

Spanish

Etymology

From gorgor (“gurgle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾɡoteˈaɾ/ [ɡoɾ.ɣ̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gor‧go‧te‧ar

Verb

gorgotear (first-person singular present gorgoteo, first-person singular preterite gorgoteé, past participle gorgoteado)

1. to gurgle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorgotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gorgotear
gerund			gorgoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gorgoteado		gorgoteada
		plural		gorgoteados		gorgoteadas
		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	gorgoteo	gorgoteastú gorgoteásvos	gorgotea	gorgoteamos	gorgoteáis	gorgotean
	imperfect	gorgoteaba	gorgoteabas	gorgoteaba	gorgoteábamos	gorgoteabais	gorgoteaban
	preterite	gorgoteé	gorgoteaste	gorgoteó	gorgoteamos	gorgoteasteis	gorgotearon
	future	gorgotearé	gorgotearás	gorgoteará	gorgotearemos	gorgotearéis	gorgotearán
	conditional	gorgotearía	gorgotearías	gorgotearía	gorgotearíamos	gorgotearíais	gorgotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gorgotee	gorgoteestú gorgoteésvos2	gorgotee	gorgoteemos	gorgoteéis	gorgoteen
	imperfect (ra)	gorgoteara	gorgotearas	gorgoteara	gorgoteáramos	gorgotearais	gorgotearan
	imperfect (se)	gorgotease	gorgoteases	gorgotease	gorgoteásemos	gorgoteaseis	gorgoteasen
	future1	gorgoteare	gorgoteares	gorgoteare	gorgoteáremos	gorgoteareis	gorgotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gorgoteatú gorgoteávos	gorgotee	gorgoteemos	gorgotead	gorgoteen
	negative		no gorgotees	no gorgotee	no gorgoteemos	no gorgoteéis	no gorgoteen

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

Derived terms

• gorgoteo

 

Further reading

• “gorgotear”, 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