motear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moteˈaɾ/ [mo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧te‧ar

Verb

motear (first-person singular present moteo, first-person singular preterite moteé, past participle moteado)

1. to dapple

Conjugation

    Conjugation of motear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			motear
gerund			moteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		moteado		moteada
		plural		moteados		moteadas
		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	moteo	moteastú moteásvos	motea	moteamos	moteáis	motean
	imperfect	moteaba	moteabas	moteaba	moteábamos	moteabais	moteaban
	preterite	moteé	moteaste	moteó	moteamos	moteasteis	motearon
	future	motearé	motearás	moteará	motearemos	motearéis	motearán
	conditional	motearía	motearías	motearía	motearíamos	motearíais	motearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	motee	moteestú moteésvos2	motee	moteemos	moteéis	moteen
	imperfect (ra)	moteara	motearas	moteara	moteáramos	motearais	motearan
	imperfect (se)	motease	moteases	motease	moteásemos	moteaseis	moteasen
	future1	moteare	moteares	moteare	moteáremos	moteareis	motearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		moteatú moteávos	motee	moteemos	motead	moteen
	negative		no motees	no motee	no moteemos	no moteéis	no moteen

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

    Selected combined forms of motear

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 motear
	dative	motearme	motearte	motearle, motearse	motearnos	motearos	motearles, motearse
	accusative	motearme	motearte	motearlo, motearla, motearse	motearnos	motearos	motearlos, motearlas, motearse
with gerund moteando
	dative	moteándome	moteándote	moteándole, moteándose	moteándonos	moteándoos	moteándoles, moteándose
	accusative	moteándome	moteándote	moteándolo, moteándola, moteándose	moteándonos	moteándoos	moteándolos, moteándolas, moteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative motea
	dative	motéame	motéate	motéale	motéanos	not used	motéales
	accusative	motéame	motéate	motéalo, motéala	motéanos	not used	motéalos, motéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative moteá
	dative	moteame	moteate	moteale	moteanos	not used	moteales
	accusative	moteame	moteate	motealo, moteala	moteanos	not used	motealos, motealas
with formal second-person singular imperative motee
	dative	motéeme	not used	motéele, motéese	motéenos	not used	motéeles
	accusative	motéeme	not used	motéelo, motéela, motéese	motéenos	not used	motéelos, motéelas
with first-person plural imperative moteemos
	dative	not used	moteémoste	moteémosle	moteémonos	moteémoos	moteémosles
	accusative	not used	moteémoste	moteémoslo, moteémosla	moteémonos	moteémoos	moteémoslos, moteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative motead
	dative	moteadme	not used	moteadle	moteadnos	moteaos	moteadles
	accusative	moteadme	not used	moteadlo, moteadla	moteadnos	moteaos	moteadlos, moteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative moteen
	dative	motéenme	not used	motéenle	motéennos	not used	motéenles, motéense
	accusative	motéenme	not used	motéenlo, motéenla	motéennos	not used	motéenlos, motéenlas, motéense

Further reading

• “motear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28