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From tanto + -ear .
IPA (key ) : /tanteˈaɾ/ [t̪ãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: tan‧te‧ar
tantear (first-person singular present tanteo , first-person singular preterite tanteé , past participle tanteado )
to grope , to feel one's way, to search by feeling
( also figurative ) to weigh up , to size up , to sound out
2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País [1] , Madrid, →ISSN :Yo la busco indaga en la fragilidad emocional masculina, tantea nuevos modelos de convivencia y relación, adopta cierto espíritu de novela de caballerías (la entrega del cuaderno) y propone un modelo de discurso claramente indisociable de lo vital.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
to estimate
Synonym: estimar
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tantear
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 tantear
dative
tantearme
tantearte
tantearle , tantearse
tantearnos
tantearos
tantearles , tantearse
accusative
tantearme
tantearte
tantearlo , tantearla , tantearse
tantearnos
tantearos
tantearlos , tantearlas , tantearse
with gerund tanteando
dative
tanteándome
tanteándote
tanteándole , tanteándose
tanteándonos
tanteándoos
tanteándoles , tanteándose
accusative
tanteándome
tanteándote
tanteándolo , tanteándola , tanteándose
tanteándonos
tanteándoos
tanteándolos , tanteándolas , tanteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tantea
dative
tantéame
tantéate
tantéale
tantéanos
not used
tantéales
accusative
tantéame
tantéate
tantéalo , tantéala
tantéanos
not used
tantéalos , tantéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tanteá
dative
tanteame
tanteate
tanteale
tanteanos
not used
tanteales
accusative
tanteame
tanteate
tantealo , tanteala
tanteanos
not used
tantealos , tantealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tantee
dative
tantéeme
not used
tantéele , tantéese
tantéenos
not used
tantéeles
accusative
tantéeme
not used
tantéelo , tantéela , tantéese
tantéenos
not used
tantéelos , tantéelas
with first-person plural imperative tanteemos
dative
not used
tanteémoste
tanteémosle
tanteémonos
tanteémoos
tanteémosles
accusative
not used
tanteémoste
tanteémoslo , tanteémosla
tanteémonos
tanteémoos
tanteémoslos , tanteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tantead
dative
tanteadme
not used
tanteadle
tanteadnos
tanteaos
tanteadles
accusative
tanteadme
not used
tanteadlo , tanteadla
tanteadnos
tanteaos
tanteadlos , tanteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tanteen
dative
tantéenme
not used
tantéenle
tantéennos
not used
tantéenles , tantéense
accusative
tantéenme
not used
tantéenlo , tantéenla
tantéennos
not used
tantéenlos , tantéenlas , tantéense