palmotear

Spanish

Etymology

From palma (“palm”), from Latin palma.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

palmotear (first-person singular present palmoteo, first-person singular preterite palmoteé, past participle palmoteado)

1. (intransitive) to applaud

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palmotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			palmotear
gerund			palmoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		palmoteado		palmoteada
		plural		palmoteados		palmoteadas
		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	palmoteo	palmoteastú palmoteásvos	palmotea	palmoteamos	palmoteáis	palmotean
	imperfect	palmoteaba	palmoteabas	palmoteaba	palmoteábamos	palmoteabais	palmoteaban
	preterite	palmoteé	palmoteaste	palmoteó	palmoteamos	palmoteasteis	palmotearon
	future	palmotearé	palmotearás	palmoteará	palmotearemos	palmotearéis	palmotearán
	conditional	palmotearía	palmotearías	palmotearía	palmotearíamos	palmotearíais	palmotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palmotee	palmoteestú palmoteésvos2	palmotee	palmoteemos	palmoteéis	palmoteen
	imperfect (ra)	palmoteara	palmotearas	palmoteara	palmoteáramos	palmotearais	palmotearan
	imperfect (se)	palmotease	palmoteases	palmotease	palmoteásemos	palmoteaseis	palmoteasen
	future1	palmoteare	palmoteares	palmoteare	palmoteáremos	palmoteareis	palmotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		palmoteatú palmoteávos	palmotee	palmoteemos	palmotead	palmoteen
	negative		no palmotees	no palmotee	no palmoteemos	no palmoteéis	no palmoteen

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

    Selected combined forms of palmotear

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 palmotear
	dative	palmotearme	palmotearte	palmotearle, palmotearse	palmotearnos	palmotearos	palmotearles, palmotearse
	accusative	palmotearme	palmotearte	palmotearlo, palmotearla, palmotearse	palmotearnos	palmotearos	palmotearlos, palmotearlas, palmotearse
with gerund palmoteando
	dative	palmoteándome	palmoteándote	palmoteándole, palmoteándose	palmoteándonos	palmoteándoos	palmoteándoles, palmoteándose
	accusative	palmoteándome	palmoteándote	palmoteándolo, palmoteándola, palmoteándose	palmoteándonos	palmoteándoos	palmoteándolos, palmoteándolas, palmoteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative palmotea
	dative	palmotéame	palmotéate	palmotéale	palmotéanos	not used	palmotéales
	accusative	palmotéame	palmotéate	palmotéalo, palmotéala	palmotéanos	not used	palmotéalos, palmotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative palmoteá
	dative	palmoteame	palmoteate	palmoteale	palmoteanos	not used	palmoteales
	accusative	palmoteame	palmoteate	palmotealo, palmoteala	palmoteanos	not used	palmotealos, palmotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative palmotee
	dative	palmotéeme	not used	palmotéele, palmotéese	palmotéenos	not used	palmotéeles
	accusative	palmotéeme	not used	palmotéelo, palmotéela, palmotéese	palmotéenos	not used	palmotéelos, palmotéelas
with first-person plural imperative palmoteemos
	dative	not used	palmoteémoste	palmoteémosle	palmoteémonos	palmoteémoos	palmoteémosles
	accusative	not used	palmoteémoste	palmoteémoslo, palmoteémosla	palmoteémonos	palmoteémoos	palmoteémoslos, palmoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative palmotead
	dative	palmoteadme	not used	palmoteadle	palmoteadnos	palmoteaos	palmoteadles
	accusative	palmoteadme	not used	palmoteadlo, palmoteadla	palmoteadnos	palmoteaos	palmoteadlos, palmoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative palmoteen
	dative	palmotéenme	not used	palmotéenle	palmotéennos	not used	palmotéenles, palmotéense
	accusative	palmotéenme	not used	palmotéenlo, palmotéenla	palmotéennos	not used	palmotéenlos, palmotéenlas, palmotéense

Related terms

• palmoteo

 

Further reading

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