tijeretear

Spanish

Etymology

From tijereta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tixeɾeteˈaɾ/ [t̪i.xe.ɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧je‧re‧te‧ar

Verb

tijeretear (first-person singular present tijereteo, first-person singular preterite tijereteé, past participle tijereteado)

1. (transitive) to snip away at

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tijeretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tijeretear
gerund			tijereteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tijereteado		tijereteada
		plural		tijereteados		tijereteadas
		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	tijereteo	tijereteastú tijereteásvos	tijeretea	tijereteamos	tijereteáis	tijeretean
	imperfect	tijereteaba	tijereteabas	tijereteaba	tijereteábamos	tijereteabais	tijereteaban
	preterite	tijereteé	tijereteaste	tijereteó	tijereteamos	tijereteasteis	tijeretearon
	future	tijeretearé	tijeretearás	tijereteará	tijeretearemos	tijeretearéis	tijeretearán
	conditional	tijeretearía	tijeretearías	tijeretearía	tijeretearíamos	tijeretearíais	tijeretearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tijeretee	tijereteestú tijereteésvos2	tijeretee	tijereteemos	tijereteéis	tijereteen
	imperfect (ra)	tijereteara	tijeretearas	tijereteara	tijereteáramos	tijeretearais	tijeretearan
	imperfect (se)	tijeretease	tijereteases	tijeretease	tijereteásemos	tijereteaseis	tijereteasen
	future1	tijereteare	tijereteares	tijereteare	tijereteáremos	tijereteareis	tijeretearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tijereteatú tijereteávos	tijeretee	tijereteemos	tijeretead	tijereteen
	negative		no tijeretees	no tijeretee	no tijereteemos	no tijereteéis	no tijereteen

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

    Selected combined forms of tijeretear

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 tijeretear	dative	tijeretearme	tijeretearte	tijeretearle, tijeretearse	tijeretearnos	tijeretearos	tijeretearles, tijeretearse
	accusative	tijeretearme	tijeretearte	tijeretearlo, tijeretearla, tijeretearse	tijeretearnos	tijeretearos	tijeretearlos, tijeretearlas, tijeretearse
with gerund tijereteando	dative	tijereteándome	tijereteándote	tijereteándole, tijereteándose	tijereteándonos	tijereteándoos	tijereteándoles, tijereteándose
	accusative	tijereteándome	tijereteándote	tijereteándolo, tijereteándola, tijereteándose	tijereteándonos	tijereteándoos	tijereteándolos, tijereteándolas, tijereteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tijeretea	dative	tijeretéame	tijeretéate	tijeretéale	tijeretéanos	not used	tijeretéales
	accusative	tijeretéame	tijeretéate	tijeretéalo, tijeretéala	tijeretéanos	not used	tijeretéalos, tijeretéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tijereteá	dative	tijereteame	tijereteate	tijereteale	tijereteanos	not used	tijereteales
	accusative	tijereteame	tijereteate	tijeretealo, tijereteala	tijereteanos	not used	tijeretealos, tijeretealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tijeretee	dative	tijeretéeme	not used	tijeretéele, tijeretéese	tijeretéenos	not used	tijeretéeles
	accusative	tijeretéeme	not used	tijeretéelo, tijeretéela, tijeretéese	tijeretéenos	not used	tijeretéelos, tijeretéelas
with first-person plural imperative tijereteemos	dative	not used	tijereteémoste	tijereteémosle	tijereteémonos	tijereteémoos	tijereteémosles
	accusative	not used	tijereteémoste	tijereteémoslo, tijereteémosla	tijereteémonos	tijereteémoos	tijereteémoslos, tijereteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tijeretead	dative	tijereteadme	not used	tijereteadle	tijereteadnos	tijereteaos	tijereteadles
	accusative	tijereteadme	not used	tijereteadlo, tijereteadla	tijereteadnos	tijereteaos	tijereteadlos, tijereteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tijereteen	dative	tijeretéenme	not used	tijeretéenle	tijeretéennos	not used	tijeretéenles, tijeretéense
	accusative	tijeretéenme	not used	tijeretéenlo, tijeretéenla	tijeretéennos	not used	tijeretéenlos, tijeretéenlas, tijeretéense

Further reading

• “tijeretear”, 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