pegotear

Spanish

Etymology

From pegote +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɡoteˈaɾ/ [pe.ɣ̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧go‧te‧ar

Verb

pegotear (first-person singular present pegoteo, first-person singular preterite pegoteé, past participle pegoteado)

1. to stick
   • 2017 January 19, “Minificción de los jueves: Christian Solano”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Cada mañana al despertar noto mi rostro golpeado, los rasguños sobre mi piel, mis ropas desgarradas, los pies y las manos pegoteadas de barro, la sangre seca en mis uñas y en los contornos de mi boca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to sponge; blag

   Synonyms: gorronear, sablear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pegotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pegotear
gerund			pegoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pegoteado		pegoteada
		plural		pegoteados		pegoteadas
		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	pegoteo	pegoteastú pegoteásvos	pegotea	pegoteamos	pegoteáis	pegotean
	imperfect	pegoteaba	pegoteabas	pegoteaba	pegoteábamos	pegoteabais	pegoteaban
	preterite	pegoteé	pegoteaste	pegoteó	pegoteamos	pegoteasteis	pegotearon
	future	pegotearé	pegotearás	pegoteará	pegotearemos	pegotearéis	pegotearán
	conditional	pegotearía	pegotearías	pegotearía	pegotearíamos	pegotearíais	pegotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pegotee	pegoteestú pegoteésvos2	pegotee	pegoteemos	pegoteéis	pegoteen
	imperfect (ra)	pegoteara	pegotearas	pegoteara	pegoteáramos	pegotearais	pegotearan
	imperfect (se)	pegotease	pegoteases	pegotease	pegoteásemos	pegoteaseis	pegoteasen
	future1	pegoteare	pegoteares	pegoteare	pegoteáremos	pegoteareis	pegotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pegoteatú pegoteávos	pegotee	pegoteemos	pegotead	pegoteen
	negative		no pegotees	no pegotee	no pegoteemos	no pegoteéis	no pegoteen

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

    Selected combined forms of pegotear

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 pegotear
	dative	pegotearme	pegotearte	pegotearle, pegotearse	pegotearnos	pegotearos	pegotearles, pegotearse
	accusative	pegotearme	pegotearte	pegotearlo, pegotearla, pegotearse	pegotearnos	pegotearos	pegotearlos, pegotearlas, pegotearse
with gerund pegoteando
	dative	pegoteándome	pegoteándote	pegoteándole, pegoteándose	pegoteándonos	pegoteándoos	pegoteándoles, pegoteándose
	accusative	pegoteándome	pegoteándote	pegoteándolo, pegoteándola, pegoteándose	pegoteándonos	pegoteándoos	pegoteándolos, pegoteándolas, pegoteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pegotea
	dative	pegotéame	pegotéate	pegotéale	pegotéanos	not used	pegotéales
	accusative	pegotéame	pegotéate	pegotéalo, pegotéala	pegotéanos	not used	pegotéalos, pegotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pegoteá
	dative	pegoteame	pegoteate	pegoteale	pegoteanos	not used	pegoteales
	accusative	pegoteame	pegoteate	pegotealo, pegoteala	pegoteanos	not used	pegotealos, pegotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative pegotee
	dative	pegotéeme	not used	pegotéele, pegotéese	pegotéenos	not used	pegotéeles
	accusative	pegotéeme	not used	pegotéelo, pegotéela, pegotéese	pegotéenos	not used	pegotéelos, pegotéelas
with first-person plural imperative pegoteemos
	dative	not used	pegoteémoste	pegoteémosle	pegoteémonos	pegoteémoos	pegoteémosles
	accusative	not used	pegoteémoste	pegoteémoslo, pegoteémosla	pegoteémonos	pegoteémoos	pegoteémoslos, pegoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pegotead
	dative	pegoteadme	not used	pegoteadle	pegoteadnos	pegoteaos	pegoteadles
	accusative	pegoteadme	not used	pegoteadlo, pegoteadla	pegoteadnos	pegoteaos	pegoteadlos, pegoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pegoteen
	dative	pegotéenme	not used	pegotéenle	pegotéennos	not used	pegotéenles, pegotéense
	accusative	pegotéenme	not used	pegotéenlo, pegotéenla	pegotéennos	not used	pegotéenlos, pegotéenlas, pegotéense

Further reading

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