nortear

Spanish

Etymology

From norte (“north”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noɾteˈaɾ/ [noɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: nor‧te‧ar

Verb

nortear (impersonal, third-person singular present nortea, third-person singular preterite norteó, past participle norteado) (intransitive, impersonal)

1. (El Salvador) to have strong winds blow, regardless of the direction of its origin.

   Está norteando muy fuerte hoy.

   The wind is blowing really intensely today.

2. (Mexico) to have strong winds blow from the north.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nortear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nortear
gerund			norteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		norteado		norteada
		plural		norteados		norteadas
		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	norteo	norteastú norteásvos	nortea	norteamos	norteáis	nortean
	imperfect	norteaba	norteabas	norteaba	norteábamos	norteabais	norteaban
	preterite	norteé	norteaste	norteó	norteamos	norteasteis	nortearon
	future	nortearé	nortearás	norteará	nortearemos	nortearéis	nortearán
	conditional	nortearía	nortearías	nortearía	nortearíamos	nortearíais	nortearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nortee	norteestú norteésvos2	nortee	norteemos	norteéis	norteen
	imperfect (ra)	norteara	nortearas	norteara	norteáramos	nortearais	nortearan
	imperfect (se)	nortease	norteases	nortease	norteásemos	norteaseis	norteasen
	future1	norteare	norteares	norteare	norteáremos	norteareis	nortearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		norteatú norteávos	nortee	norteemos	nortead	norteen
	negative		no nortees	no nortee	no norteemos	no norteéis	no norteen

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

    Selected combined forms of nortear

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 nortear
	dative	nortearme	nortearte	nortearle, nortearse	nortearnos	nortearos	nortearles, nortearse
	accusative	nortearme	nortearte	nortearlo, nortearla, nortearse	nortearnos	nortearos	nortearlos, nortearlas, nortearse
with gerund norteando
	dative	norteándome	norteándote	norteándole, norteándose	norteándonos	norteándoos	norteándoles, norteándose
	accusative	norteándome	norteándote	norteándolo, norteándola, norteándose	norteándonos	norteándoos	norteándolos, norteándolas, norteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative nortea
	dative	nortéame	nortéate	nortéale	nortéanos	not used	nortéales
	accusative	nortéame	nortéate	nortéalo, nortéala	nortéanos	not used	nortéalos, nortéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative norteá
	dative	norteame	norteate	norteale	norteanos	not used	norteales
	accusative	norteame	norteate	nortealo, norteala	norteanos	not used	nortealos, nortealas
with formal second-person singular imperative nortee
	dative	nortéeme	not used	nortéele, nortéese	nortéenos	not used	nortéeles
	accusative	nortéeme	not used	nortéelo, nortéela, nortéese	nortéenos	not used	nortéelos, nortéelas
with first-person plural imperative norteemos
	dative	not used	norteémoste	norteémosle	norteémonos	norteémoos	norteémosles
	accusative	not used	norteémoste	norteémoslo, norteémosla	norteémonos	norteémoos	norteémoslos, norteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nortead
	dative	norteadme	not used	norteadle	norteadnos	norteaos	norteadles
	accusative	norteadme	not used	norteadlo, norteadla	norteadnos	norteaos	norteadlos, norteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative norteen
	dative	nortéenme	not used	nortéenle	nortéennos	not used	nortéenles, nortéense
	accusative	nortéenme	not used	nortéenlo, nortéenla	nortéennos	not used	nortéenlos, nortéenlas, nortéense

Hypernyms

• hacer viento

 

Further reading

• “nortear”, 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