voltejear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boltexeˈaɾ/ [bol̪.t̪e.xeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vol‧te‧je‧ar

Verb

voltejear (first-person singular present voltejeo, first-person singular preterite voltejeé, past participle voltejeado)

1. (nautical) to tack (sail by making tacks into the wind)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voltejear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			voltejear
gerund			voltejeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		voltejeado		voltejeada
		plural		voltejeados		voltejeadas
		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	voltejeo	voltejeastú voltejeásvos	voltejea	voltejeamos	voltejeáis	voltejean
	imperfect	voltejeaba	voltejeabas	voltejeaba	voltejeábamos	voltejeabais	voltejeaban
	preterite	voltejeé	voltejeaste	voltejeó	voltejeamos	voltejeasteis	voltejearon
	future	voltejearé	voltejearás	voltejeará	voltejearemos	voltejearéis	voltejearán
	conditional	voltejearía	voltejearías	voltejearía	voltejearíamos	voltejearíais	voltejearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	voltejee	voltejeestú voltejeésvos2	voltejee	voltejeemos	voltejeéis	voltejeen
	imperfect (ra)	voltejeara	voltejearas	voltejeara	voltejeáramos	voltejearais	voltejearan
	imperfect (se)	voltejease	voltejeases	voltejease	voltejeásemos	voltejeaseis	voltejeasen
	future1	voltejeare	voltejeares	voltejeare	voltejeáremos	voltejeareis	voltejearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		voltejeatú voltejeávos	voltejee	voltejeemos	voltejead	voltejeen
	negative		no voltejees	no voltejee	no voltejeemos	no voltejeéis	no voltejeen

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

Further reading

• “voltejear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28