manotear

Spanish

Etymology

From manota +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manoteˈaɾ/ [ma.no.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧no‧te‧ar

Verb

manotear (first-person singular present manoteo, first-person singular preterite manoteé, past participle manoteado)

1. (transitive) to slap, smack, spank
2. (intransitive) to gesticulate

   Synonym: gesticular

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manotear
gerund			manoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manoteado		manoteada
		plural		manoteados		manoteadas
		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	manoteo	manoteastú manoteásvos	manotea	manoteamos	manoteáis	manotean
	imperfect	manoteaba	manoteabas	manoteaba	manoteábamos	manoteabais	manoteaban
	preterite	manoteé	manoteaste	manoteó	manoteamos	manoteasteis	manotearon
	future	manotearé	manotearás	manoteará	manotearemos	manotearéis	manotearán
	conditional	manotearía	manotearías	manotearía	manotearíamos	manotearíais	manotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manotee	manoteestú manoteésvos2	manotee	manoteemos	manoteéis	manoteen
	imperfect (ra)	manoteara	manotearas	manoteara	manoteáramos	manotearais	manotearan
	imperfect (se)	manotease	manoteases	manotease	manoteásemos	manoteaseis	manoteasen
	future1	manoteare	manoteares	manoteare	manoteáremos	manoteareis	manotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manoteatú manoteávos	manotee	manoteemos	manotead	manoteen
	negative		no manotees	no manotee	no manoteemos	no manoteéis	no manoteen

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

Further reading

• “manotear”, 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