tantear

Spanish

Etymology

From tanto +‎ -ear

Verb

tantear (first-person singular present tanteo, first-person singular preterite tanteé, past participle tanteado)

  1. to grope
  2. to weigh up, to size up, to sound out
  3. to estimate

Conjugation

        Conjugation of tantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive tantear
    gerund tanteando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular tanteado tanteada
    plural tanteados tanteadas
    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 tanteo tanteastú
    tanteásvos    		 tantea tanteamos tanteáis tantean
    imperfect tanteaba tanteabas tanteaba tanteábamos tanteabais tanteaban
    preterite tanteé tanteaste tanteó tanteamos tanteasteis tantearon
    future tantearé tantearás tanteará tantearemos tantearéis tantearán
    conditional tantearía tantearías tantearía tantearíamos tantearíais tantearían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present tantee tanteestú
    tanteésvos2    		 tantee tanteemos tanteéis tanteen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 tanteara tantearas tanteara tanteáramos tantearais tantearan
    imperfect
    (se)    		 tantease tanteases tantease tanteásemos tanteaseis tanteasen
    future1 tanteare tanteares tanteare tanteáremos tanteareis tantearen
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative tanteatú
    tanteávos    		 tantee tanteemos tantead tanteen
    negative no tantees no tantee no tanteemos no tanteéis no tanteen
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of tantearedit data

      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 imperative tantea
      dative tantéame tantéate tantéale tantéanos not used tantéales
      accusative tantéame tantéate tantéalo, tantéala tantéanos not used tantéalos, tantéalas
      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
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