chupetear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃupeteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃu.pe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chu‧pe‧te‧ar

Verb

chupetear (first-person singular present chupeteo, first-person singular preterite chupeteé, past participle chupeteado)

1. to suck at; to suck on something slowly with gentle motions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chupetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chupetear
gerund			chupeteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chupeteado		chupeteada
		plural		chupeteados		chupeteadas
		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	chupeteo	chupeteastú chupeteásvos	chupetea	chupeteamos	chupeteáis	chupetean
	imperfect	chupeteaba	chupeteabas	chupeteaba	chupeteábamos	chupeteabais	chupeteaban
	preterite	chupeteé	chupeteaste	chupeteó	chupeteamos	chupeteasteis	chupetearon
	future	chupetearé	chupetearás	chupeteará	chupetearemos	chupetearéis	chupetearán
	conditional	chupetearía	chupetearías	chupetearía	chupetearíamos	chupetearíais	chupetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chupetee	chupeteestú chupeteésvos2	chupetee	chupeteemos	chupeteéis	chupeteen
	imperfect (ra)	chupeteara	chupetearas	chupeteara	chupeteáramos	chupetearais	chupetearan
	imperfect (se)	chupetease	chupeteases	chupetease	chupeteásemos	chupeteaseis	chupeteasen
	future1	chupeteare	chupeteares	chupeteare	chupeteáremos	chupeteareis	chupetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chupeteatú chupeteávos	chupetee	chupeteemos	chupetead	chupeteen
	negative		no chupetees	no chupetee	no chupeteemos	no chupeteéis	no chupeteen

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

Related terms

• chupar

 

Further reading

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