taponear

Spanish

Alternative forms

• taponar

Etymology

From tapón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taponeˈaɾ/ [t̪a.po.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧po‧ne‧ar

Verb

taponear (first-person singular present taponeo, first-person singular preterite taponeé, past participle taponeado)

1. (Chile, Uruguay, Cuba) to plug

Conjugation

    Conjugation of taponear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			taponear
gerund			taponeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		taponeado		taponeada
		plural		taponeados		taponeadas
		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	taponeo	taponeastú taponeásvos	taponea	taponeamos	taponeáis	taponean
	imperfect	taponeaba	taponeabas	taponeaba	taponeábamos	taponeabais	taponeaban
	preterite	taponeé	taponeaste	taponeó	taponeamos	taponeasteis	taponearon
	future	taponearé	taponearás	taponeará	taponearemos	taponearéis	taponearán
	conditional	taponearía	taponearías	taponearía	taponearíamos	taponearíais	taponearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	taponee	taponeestú taponeésvos2	taponee	taponeemos	taponeéis	taponeen
	imperfect (ra)	taponeara	taponearas	taponeara	taponeáramos	taponearais	taponearan
	imperfect (se)	taponease	taponeases	taponease	taponeásemos	taponeaseis	taponeasen
	future1	taponeare	taponeares	taponeare	taponeáremos	taponeareis	taponearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		taponeatú taponeávos	taponee	taponeemos	taponead	taponeen
	negative		no taponees	no taponee	no taponeemos	no taponeéis	no taponeen

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

Further reading

• “taponear”, 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