pretextar

Spanish

Etymology

From pretexto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)

1. to give as a pretext

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pretextar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pretextar
gerund			pretextando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretextado		pretextada
		plural		pretextados		pretextadas
		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	pretexto	pretextastú pretextásvos	pretexta	pretextamos	pretextáis	pretextan
	imperfect	pretextaba	pretextabas	pretextaba	pretextábamos	pretextabais	pretextaban
	preterite	pretexté	pretextaste	pretextó	pretextamos	pretextasteis	pretextaron
	future	pretextaré	pretextarás	pretextará	pretextaremos	pretextaréis	pretextarán
	conditional	pretextaría	pretextarías	pretextaría	pretextaríamos	pretextaríais	pretextarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pretexte	pretextestú pretextésvos2	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextéis	pretexten
	imperfect (ra)	pretextara	pretextaras	pretextara	pretextáramos	pretextarais	pretextaran
	imperfect (se)	pretextase	pretextases	pretextase	pretextásemos	pretextaseis	pretextasen
	future1	pretextare	pretextares	pretextare	pretextáremos	pretextareis	pretextaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pretextatú pretextávos	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextad	pretexten
	negative		no pretextes	no pretexte	no pretextemos	no pretextéis	no pretexten

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

    Selected combined forms of pretextar

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 pretextar
	dative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarle, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarles, pretextarse
	accusative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarlo, pretextarla, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarlos, pretextarlas, pretextarse
with gerund pretextando
	dative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándole, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándoles, pretextándose
	accusative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándolo, pretextándola, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándolos, pretextándolas, pretextándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pretexta
	dative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtale	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtales
	accusative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtalo, pretéxtala	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtalos, pretéxtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pretextá
	dative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextale	pretextanos	not used	pretextales
	accusative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextalo, pretextala	pretextanos	not used	pretextalos, pretextalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte
	dative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtele, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxteles
	accusative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtelo, pretéxtela, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxtelos, pretéxtelas
with first-person plural imperative pretextemos
	dative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémosle	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémosles
	accusative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémoslo, pretextémosla	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémoslos, pretextémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad
	dative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadle	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadles
	accusative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadlo, pretextadla	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadlos, pretextadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten
	dative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenle	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenles, pretéxtense
	accusative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenlo, pretéxtenla	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenlos, pretéxtenlas, pretéxtense

Further reading

• “pretextar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014