cartear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾteˈaɾ/ [kaɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: car‧te‧ar

Verb

cartear (first-person singular present carteo, first-person singular preterite carteé, past participle carteado)

1. (intransitive, card games) to play fake cards
2. (reflexive) to write letters to (one another)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cartear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cartear
gerund			carteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carteado		carteada
		plural		carteados		carteadas
		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	carteo	carteastú carteásvos	cartea	carteamos	carteáis	cartean
	imperfect	carteaba	carteabas	carteaba	carteábamos	carteabais	carteaban
	preterite	carteé	carteaste	carteó	carteamos	carteasteis	cartearon
	future	cartearé	cartearás	carteará	cartearemos	cartearéis	cartearán
	conditional	cartearía	cartearías	cartearía	cartearíamos	cartearíais	cartearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cartee	carteestú carteésvos2	cartee	carteemos	carteéis	carteen
	imperfect (ra)	carteara	cartearas	carteara	carteáramos	cartearais	cartearan
	imperfect (se)	cartease	carteases	cartease	carteásemos	carteaseis	carteasen
	future1	carteare	carteares	carteare	carteáremos	carteareis	cartearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carteatú carteávos	cartee	carteemos	cartead	carteen
	negative		no cartees	no cartee	no carteemos	no carteéis	no carteen

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

    Selected combined forms of cartear

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 cartear
	dative	cartearme	cartearte	cartearle, cartearse	cartearnos	cartearos	cartearles, cartearse
	accusative	cartearme	cartearte	cartearlo, cartearla, cartearse	cartearnos	cartearos	cartearlos, cartearlas, cartearse
with gerund carteando
	dative	carteándome	carteándote	carteándole, carteándose	carteándonos	carteándoos	carteándoles, carteándose
	accusative	carteándome	carteándote	carteándolo, carteándola, carteándose	carteándonos	carteándoos	carteándolos, carteándolas, carteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cartea
	dative	cartéame	cartéate	cartéale	cartéanos	not used	cartéales
	accusative	cartéame	cartéate	cartéalo, cartéala	cartéanos	not used	cartéalos, cartéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative carteá
	dative	carteame	carteate	carteale	carteanos	not used	carteales
	accusative	carteame	carteate	cartealo, carteala	carteanos	not used	cartealos, cartealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cartee
	dative	cartéeme	not used	cartéele, cartéese	cartéenos	not used	cartéeles
	accusative	cartéeme	not used	cartéelo, cartéela, cartéese	cartéenos	not used	cartéelos, cartéelas
with first-person plural imperative carteemos
	dative	not used	carteémoste	carteémosle	carteémonos	carteémoos	carteémosles
	accusative	not used	carteémoste	carteémoslo, carteémosla	carteémonos	carteémoos	carteémoslos, carteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cartead
	dative	carteadme	not used	carteadle	carteadnos	carteaos	carteadles
	accusative	carteadme	not used	carteadlo, carteadla	carteadnos	carteaos	carteadlos, carteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative carteen
	dative	cartéenme	not used	cartéenle	cartéennos	not used	cartéenles, cartéense
	accusative	cartéenme	not used	cartéenlo, cartéenla	cartéennos	not used	cartéenlos, cartéenlas, cartéense

Further reading

• “cartear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28