secretear

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sekɾeteˈaɾ/ [se.kɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: se‧cre‧te‧ar

Verb

secretear (first-person singular present secreteo, first-person singular preterite secreteé, past participle secreteado)

(intransitive, colloquial) to tell a secret
(reflexive, colloquial) to converse in secret

Conjugation

Conjugation of secretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			secretear
gerund			secreteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secreteado		secreteada
		plural		secreteados		secreteadas
		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	secreteo	secreteas^{^tú} secreteás^{^vos}	secretea	secreteamos	secreteáis	secretean
	imperfect	secreteaba	secreteabas	secreteaba	secreteábamos	secreteabais	secreteaban
	preterite	secreteé	secreteaste	secreteó	secreteamos	secreteasteis	secretearon
	future	secretearé	secretearás	secreteará	secretearemos	secretearéis	secretearán
	conditional	secretearía	secretearías	secretearía	secretearíamos	secretearíais	secretearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	secretee	secretees^{^tú} secreteés^{^vos²}	secretee	secreteemos	secreteéis	secreteen
	imperfect (ra)	secreteara	secretearas	secreteara	secreteáramos	secretearais	secretearan
	imperfect (se)	secretease	secreteases	secretease	secreteásemos	secreteaseis	secreteasen
	future¹	secreteare	secreteares	secreteare	secreteáremos	secreteareis	secretearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		secretea^{^tú} secreteá^{^vos}	secretee	secreteemos	secretead	secreteen
	negative		no secretees	no secretee	no secreteemos	no secreteéis	no secreteen

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

Selected combined forms of secretear

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 secretear	dative	secretearme	secretearte	secretearle, secretearse	secretearnos	secretearos	secretearles, secretearse
with infinitive secretear	accusative	secretearme	secretearte	secretearlo, secretearla, secretearse	secretearnos	secretearos	secretearlos, secretearlas, secretearse

with gerund secreteando	dative	secreteándome	secreteándote	secreteándole, secreteándose	secreteándonos	secreteándoos	secreteándoles, secreteándose
with gerund secreteando	accusative	secreteándome	secreteándote	secreteándolo, secreteándola, secreteándose	secreteándonos	secreteándoos	secreteándolos, secreteándolas, secreteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative secretea	dative	secretéame	secretéate	secretéale	secretéanos	not used	secretéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative secretea	accusative	secretéame	secretéate	secretéalo, secretéala	secretéanos	not used	secretéalos, secretéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative secreteá	dative	secreteame	secreteate	secreteale	secreteanos	not used	secreteales
	accusative	secreteame	secreteate	secretealo, secreteala	secreteanos	not used	secretealos, secretealas

with formal second-person singular imperative secretee	dative	secretéeme	not used	secretéele, secretéese	secretéenos	not used	secretéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative secretee	accusative	secretéeme	not used	secretéelo, secretéela, secretéese	secretéenos	not used	secretéelos, secretéelas

with first-person plural imperative secreteemos	dative	not used	secreteémoste	secreteémosle	secreteémonos	secreteémoos	secreteémosles
with first-person plural imperative secreteemos	accusative	not used	secreteémoste	secreteémoslo, secreteémosla	secreteémonos	secreteémoos	secreteémoslos, secreteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative secretead	dative	secreteadme	not used	secreteadle	secreteadnos	secreteaos	secreteadles
with informal second-person plural imperative secretead	accusative	secreteadme	not used	secreteadlo, secreteadla	secreteadnos	secreteaos	secreteadlos, secreteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative secreteen	dative	secretéenme	not used	secretéenle	secretéennos	not used	secretéenles, secretéense
with formal second-person plural imperative secreteen	accusative	secretéenme	not used	secretéenlo, secretéenla	secretéennos	not used	secretéenlos, secretéenlas, secretéense

Derived terms

secreteo