potear

Spanish

Etymology

From pote (“glass of wine”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poteˈaɾ/ [po.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧te‧ar

Verb

potear (first-person singular present poteo, first-person singular preterite poteé, past participle poteado)

1. (informal, Basque Country, Navarre) to have a few drinks (usually wine) while going from one bar to another

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			potear
gerund			poteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		poteado		poteada
		plural		poteados		poteadas
		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	poteo	poteastú poteásvos	potea	poteamos	poteáis	potean
	imperfect	poteaba	poteabas	poteaba	poteábamos	poteabais	poteaban
	preterite	poteé	poteaste	poteó	poteamos	poteasteis	potearon
	future	potearé	potearás	poteará	potearemos	potearéis	potearán
	conditional	potearía	potearías	potearía	potearíamos	potearíais	potearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	potee	poteestú poteésvos2	potee	poteemos	poteéis	poteen
	imperfect (ra)	poteara	potearas	poteara	poteáramos	potearais	potearan
	imperfect (se)	potease	poteases	potease	poteásemos	poteaseis	poteasen
	future1	poteare	poteares	poteare	poteáremos	poteareis	potearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		poteatú poteávos	potee	poteemos	potead	poteen
	negative		no potees	no potee	no poteemos	no poteéis	no poteen

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

Further reading

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