portear

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾteˈaɾ/ [poɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: por‧te‧ar

Verb

portear (first-person singular present porteo, first-person singular preterite porteé, past participle porteado)

to carry; lug; haul
- 2017 August 10, “La frontera de Ceuta cierra el paso a la dignidad”, in El País‎^[1]:
  Se supone que ese era su jornal por portear un bulto de camisones de Ceuta a Castillejos (Marruecos), en la mañana del pasado miércoles.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to slam or bang (on a door)

Conjugation

Conjugation of portear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			portear
gerund			porteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		porteado		porteada
		plural		porteados		porteadas
		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	porteo	porteas^{^tú} porteás^{^vos}	portea	porteamos	porteáis	portean
	imperfect	porteaba	porteabas	porteaba	porteábamos	porteabais	porteaban
	preterite	porteé	porteaste	porteó	porteamos	porteasteis	portearon
	future	portearé	portearás	porteará	portearemos	portearéis	portearán
	conditional	portearía	portearías	portearía	portearíamos	portearíais	portearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	portee	portees^{^tú} porteés^{^vos²}	portee	porteemos	porteéis	porteen
	imperfect (ra)	porteara	portearas	porteara	porteáramos	portearais	portearan
	imperfect (se)	portease	porteases	portease	porteásemos	porteaseis	porteasen
	future¹	porteare	porteares	porteare	porteáremos	porteareis	portearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		portea^{^tú} porteá^{^vos}	portee	porteemos	portead	porteen
	negative		no portees	no portee	no porteemos	no porteéis	no porteen

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

Selected combined forms of portear

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 portear	dative	portearme	portearte	portearle, portearse	portearnos	portearos	portearles, portearse
with infinitive portear	accusative	portearme	portearte	portearlo, portearla, portearse	portearnos	portearos	portearlos, portearlas, portearse

with gerund porteando	dative	porteándome	porteándote	porteándole, porteándose	porteándonos	porteándoos	porteándoles, porteándose
with gerund porteando	accusative	porteándome	porteándote	porteándolo, porteándola, porteándose	porteándonos	porteándoos	porteándolos, porteándolas, porteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative portea	dative	portéame	portéate	portéale	portéanos	not used	portéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative portea	accusative	portéame	portéate	portéalo, portéala	portéanos	not used	portéalos, portéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative porteá	dative	porteame	porteate	porteale	porteanos	not used	porteales
	accusative	porteame	porteate	portealo, porteala	porteanos	not used	portealos, portealas

with formal second-person singular imperative portee	dative	portéeme	not used	portéele, portéese	portéenos	not used	portéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative portee	accusative	portéeme	not used	portéelo, portéela, portéese	portéenos	not used	portéelos, portéelas

with first-person plural imperative porteemos	dative	not used	porteémoste	porteémosle	porteémonos	porteémoos	porteémosles
with first-person plural imperative porteemos	accusative	not used	porteémoste	porteémoslo, porteémosla	porteémonos	porteémoos	porteémoslos, porteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative portead	dative	porteadme	not used	porteadle	porteadnos	porteaos	porteadles
with informal second-person plural imperative portead	accusative	porteadme	not used	porteadlo, porteadla	porteadnos	porteaos	porteadlos, porteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative porteen	dative	portéenme	not used	portéenle	portéennos	not used	portéenles, portéense
with formal second-person plural imperative porteen	accusative	portéenme	not used	portéenlo, portéenla	portéennos	not used	portéenlos, portéenlas, portéense

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porteador

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