jotear

Spanish

Etymology

From joto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoteˈaɾ/ [xo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: jo‧te‧ar

Verb

jotear (first-person singular present joteo, first-person singular preterite joteé, past participle joteado)

1. (Chile, colloquial) to flirt with or woo someone, often with the intent of making a sexual conquest
2. (Mexico, colloquial) (being a man) to flirt with another man, usually as a joke without any intention of having sexual intercourse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jotear
gerund			joteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		joteado		joteada
		plural		joteados		joteadas
		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	joteo	joteastú joteásvos	jotea	joteamos	joteáis	jotean
	imperfect	joteaba	joteabas	joteaba	joteábamos	joteabais	joteaban
	preterite	joteé	joteaste	joteó	joteamos	joteasteis	jotearon
	future	jotearé	jotearás	joteará	jotearemos	jotearéis	jotearán
	conditional	jotearía	jotearías	jotearía	jotearíamos	jotearíais	jotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jotee	joteestú joteésvos2	jotee	joteemos	joteéis	joteen
	imperfect (ra)	joteara	jotearas	joteara	joteáramos	jotearais	jotearan
	imperfect (se)	jotease	joteases	jotease	joteásemos	joteaseis	joteasen
	future1	joteare	joteares	joteare	joteáremos	joteareis	jotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		joteatú joteávos	jotee	joteemos	jotead	joteen
	negative		no jotees	no jotee	no joteemos	no joteéis	no joteen

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