muletear

Spanish

Etymology

From muleta.

Verb

muletear (first-person singular present muleteo, first-person singular preterite muleteé, past participle muleteado)

1. (bullfighting) to perform with the muleta

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muletear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			muletear
gerund			muleteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		muleteado		muleteada
		plural		muleteados		muleteadas
		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	muleteo	muleteastú muleteásvos	muletea	muleteamos	muleteáis	muletean
	imperfect	muleteaba	muleteabas	muleteaba	muleteábamos	muleteabais	muleteaban
	preterite	muleteé	muleteaste	muleteó	muleteamos	muleteasteis	muletearon
	future	muletearé	muletearás	muleteará	muletearemos	muletearéis	muletearán
	conditional	muletearía	muletearías	muletearía	muletearíamos	muletearíais	muletearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muletee	muleteestú muleteésvos2	muletee	muleteemos	muleteéis	muleteen
	imperfect (ra)	muleteara	muletearas	muleteara	muleteáramos	muletearais	muletearan
	imperfect (se)	muletease	muleteases	muletease	muleteásemos	muleteaseis	muleteasen
	future1	muleteare	muleteares	muleteare	muleteáremos	muleteareis	muletearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		muleteatú muleteávos	muletee	muleteemos	muletead	muleteen
	negative		no muletees	no muletee	no muleteemos	no muleteéis	no muleteen

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

Further reading

• “muletear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28