mariposear

Spanish

Etymology

From mariposa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾiposeˈaɾ/ [ma.ɾi.po.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧po‧se‧ar

Verb

mariposear (first-person singular present mariposeo, first-person singular preterite mariposeé, past participle mariposeado)

1. (intransitive) to flit; to flutter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mariposear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mariposear
gerund			mariposeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mariposeado		mariposeada
		plural		mariposeados		mariposeadas
		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	mariposeo	mariposeastú mariposeásvos	mariposea	mariposeamos	mariposeáis	mariposean
	imperfect	mariposeaba	mariposeabas	mariposeaba	mariposeábamos	mariposeabais	mariposeaban
	preterite	mariposeé	mariposeaste	mariposeó	mariposeamos	mariposeasteis	mariposearon
	future	mariposearé	mariposearás	mariposeará	mariposearemos	mariposearéis	mariposearán
	conditional	mariposearía	mariposearías	mariposearía	mariposearíamos	mariposearíais	mariposearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mariposee	mariposeestú mariposeésvos2	mariposee	mariposeemos	mariposeéis	mariposeen
	imperfect (ra)	mariposeara	mariposearas	mariposeara	mariposeáramos	mariposearais	mariposearan
	imperfect (se)	mariposease	mariposeases	mariposease	mariposeásemos	mariposeaseis	mariposeasen
	future1	mariposeare	mariposeares	mariposeare	mariposeáremos	mariposeareis	mariposearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mariposeatú mariposeávos	mariposee	mariposeemos	mariposead	mariposeen
	negative		no mariposees	no mariposee	no mariposeemos	no mariposeéis	no mariposeen

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

    Selected combined forms of mariposear

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 mariposear	dative	mariposearme	mariposearte	mariposearle, mariposearse	mariposearnos	mariposearos	mariposearles, mariposearse
	accusative	mariposearme	mariposearte	mariposearlo, mariposearla, mariposearse	mariposearnos	mariposearos	mariposearlos, mariposearlas, mariposearse
with gerund mariposeando	dative	mariposeándome	mariposeándote	mariposeándole, mariposeándose	mariposeándonos	mariposeándoos	mariposeándoles, mariposeándose
	accusative	mariposeándome	mariposeándote	mariposeándolo, mariposeándola, mariposeándose	mariposeándonos	mariposeándoos	mariposeándolos, mariposeándolas, mariposeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mariposea	dative	mariposéame	mariposéate	mariposéale	mariposéanos	not used	mariposéales
	accusative	mariposéame	mariposéate	mariposéalo, mariposéala	mariposéanos	not used	mariposéalos, mariposéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mariposeá	dative	mariposeame	mariposeate	mariposeale	mariposeanos	not used	mariposeales
	accusative	mariposeame	mariposeate	mariposealo, mariposeala	mariposeanos	not used	mariposealos, mariposealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mariposee	dative	mariposéeme	not used	mariposéele, mariposéese	mariposéenos	not used	mariposéeles
	accusative	mariposéeme	not used	mariposéelo, mariposéela, mariposéese	mariposéenos	not used	mariposéelos, mariposéelas
with first-person plural imperative mariposeemos	dative	not used	mariposeémoste	mariposeémosle	mariposeémonos	mariposeémoos	mariposeémosles
	accusative	not used	mariposeémoste	mariposeémoslo, mariposeémosla	mariposeémonos	mariposeémoos	mariposeémoslos, mariposeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mariposead	dative	mariposeadme	not used	mariposeadle	mariposeadnos	mariposeaos	mariposeadles
	accusative	mariposeadme	not used	mariposeadlo, mariposeadla	mariposeadnos	mariposeaos	mariposeadlos, mariposeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mariposeen	dative	mariposéenme	not used	mariposéenle	mariposéennos	not used	mariposéenles, mariposéense
	accusative	mariposéenme	not used	mariposéenlo, mariposéenla	mariposéennos	not used	mariposéenlos, mariposéenlas, mariposéense

Further reading

• “mariposear”, 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