matonear

Spanish

Etymology

From matón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matoneˈaɾ/ [ma.t̪o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧to‧ne‧ar

Verb

matonear (first-person singular present matoneo, first-person singular preterite matoneé, past participle matoneado)

1. (Latin America, informal) to bully

Conjugation

    Conjugation of matonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			matonear
gerund			matoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		matoneado		matoneada
		plural		matoneados		matoneadas
		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	matoneo	matoneastú matoneásvos	matonea	matoneamos	matoneáis	matonean
	imperfect	matoneaba	matoneabas	matoneaba	matoneábamos	matoneabais	matoneaban
	preterite	matoneé	matoneaste	matoneó	matoneamos	matoneasteis	matonearon
	future	matonearé	matonearás	matoneará	matonearemos	matonearéis	matonearán
	conditional	matonearía	matonearías	matonearía	matonearíamos	matonearíais	matonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	matonee	matoneestú matoneésvos2	matonee	matoneemos	matoneéis	matoneen
	imperfect (ra)	matoneara	matonearas	matoneara	matoneáramos	matonearais	matonearan
	imperfect (se)	matonease	matoneases	matonease	matoneásemos	matoneaseis	matoneasen
	future1	matoneare	matoneares	matoneare	matoneáremos	matoneareis	matonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		matoneatú matoneávos	matonee	matoneemos	matonead	matoneen
	negative		no matonees	no matonee	no matoneemos	no matoneéis	no matoneen

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

Further reading

• “matonear”, 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