sargentear

Spanish

Etymology

From sargento +‎ -ear.

Verb

sargentear (first-person singular present sargenteo, first-person singular preterite sargenteé, past participle sargenteado)

1. (transitive) to command, to order

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sargentear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sargentear
gerund			sargenteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sargenteado		sargenteada
		plural		sargenteados		sargenteadas
		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	sargenteo	sargenteastú sargenteásvos	sargentea	sargenteamos	sargenteáis	sargentean
	imperfect	sargenteaba	sargenteabas	sargenteaba	sargenteábamos	sargenteabais	sargenteaban
	preterite	sargenteé	sargenteaste	sargenteó	sargenteamos	sargenteasteis	sargentearon
	future	sargentearé	sargentearás	sargenteará	sargentearemos	sargentearéis	sargentearán
	conditional	sargentearía	sargentearías	sargentearía	sargentearíamos	sargentearíais	sargentearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sargentee	sargenteestú sargenteésvos2	sargentee	sargenteemos	sargenteéis	sargenteen
	imperfect (ra)	sargenteara	sargentearas	sargenteara	sargenteáramos	sargentearais	sargentearan
	imperfect (se)	sargentease	sargenteases	sargentease	sargenteásemos	sargenteaseis	sargenteasen
	future1	sargenteare	sargenteares	sargenteare	sargenteáremos	sargenteareis	sargentearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sargenteatú sargenteávos	sargentee	sargenteemos	sargentead	sargenteen
	negative		no sargentees	no sargentee	no sargenteemos	no sargenteéis	no sargenteen

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

    Selected combined forms of sargentear

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 sargentear	dative	sargentearme	sargentearte	sargentearle, sargentearse	sargentearnos	sargentearos	sargentearles, sargentearse
	accusative	sargentearme	sargentearte	sargentearlo, sargentearla, sargentearse	sargentearnos	sargentearos	sargentearlos, sargentearlas, sargentearse
with gerund sargenteando	dative	sargenteándome	sargenteándote	sargenteándole, sargenteándose	sargenteándonos	sargenteándoos	sargenteándoles, sargenteándose
	accusative	sargenteándome	sargenteándote	sargenteándolo, sargenteándola, sargenteándose	sargenteándonos	sargenteándoos	sargenteándolos, sargenteándolas, sargenteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sargentea	dative	sargentéame	sargentéate	sargentéale	sargentéanos	not used	sargentéales
	accusative	sargentéame	sargentéate	sargentéalo, sargentéala	sargentéanos	not used	sargentéalos, sargentéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sargenteá	dative	sargenteame	sargenteate	sargenteale	sargenteanos	not used	sargenteales
	accusative	sargenteame	sargenteate	sargentealo, sargenteala	sargenteanos	not used	sargentealos, sargentealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sargentee	dative	sargentéeme	not used	sargentéele, sargentéese	sargentéenos	not used	sargentéeles
	accusative	sargentéeme	not used	sargentéelo, sargentéela, sargentéese	sargentéenos	not used	sargentéelos, sargentéelas
with first-person plural imperative sargenteemos	dative	not used	sargenteémoste	sargenteémosle	sargenteémonos	sargenteémoos	sargenteémosles
	accusative	not used	sargenteémoste	sargenteémoslo, sargenteémosla	sargenteémonos	sargenteémoos	sargenteémoslos, sargenteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sargentead	dative	sargenteadme	not used	sargenteadle	sargenteadnos	sargenteaos	sargenteadles
	accusative	sargenteadme	not used	sargenteadlo, sargenteadla	sargenteadnos	sargenteaos	sargenteadlos, sargenteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sargenteen	dative	sargentéenme	not used	sargentéenle	sargentéennos	not used	sargentéenles, sargentéense
	accusative	sargentéenme	not used	sargentéenlo, sargentéenla	sargentéennos	not used	sargentéenlos, sargentéenlas, sargentéense

Further reading

• “sargentear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10