garrotear

Spanish

Etymology

From garrote +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaroteˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ro.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧rro‧te‧ar

Verb

garrotear (first-person singular present garroteo, first-person singular preterite garroteé, past participle garroteado)

1. (Latin America) to cudgel, club

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garrotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garrotear
gerund			garroteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garroteado		garroteada
		plural		garroteados		garroteadas
		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	garroteo	garroteastú garroteásvos	garrotea	garroteamos	garroteáis	garrotean
	imperfect	garroteaba	garroteabas	garroteaba	garroteábamos	garroteabais	garroteaban
	preterite	garroteé	garroteaste	garroteó	garroteamos	garroteasteis	garrotearon
	future	garrotearé	garrotearás	garroteará	garrotearemos	garrotearéis	garrotearán
	conditional	garrotearía	garrotearías	garrotearía	garrotearíamos	garrotearíais	garrotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garrotee	garroteestú garroteésvos2	garrotee	garroteemos	garroteéis	garroteen
	imperfect (ra)	garroteara	garrotearas	garroteara	garroteáramos	garrotearais	garrotearan
	imperfect (se)	garrotease	garroteases	garrotease	garroteásemos	garroteaseis	garroteasen
	future1	garroteare	garroteares	garroteare	garroteáremos	garroteareis	garrotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garroteatú garroteávos	garrotee	garroteemos	garrotead	garroteen
	negative		no garrotees	no garrotee	no garroteemos	no garroteéis	no garroteen

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

    Selected combined forms of garrotear

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 garrotear
	dative	garrotearme	garrotearte	garrotearle, garrotearse	garrotearnos	garrotearos	garrotearles, garrotearse
	accusative	garrotearme	garrotearte	garrotearlo, garrotearla, garrotearse	garrotearnos	garrotearos	garrotearlos, garrotearlas, garrotearse
with gerund garroteando
	dative	garroteándome	garroteándote	garroteándole, garroteándose	garroteándonos	garroteándoos	garroteándoles, garroteándose
	accusative	garroteándome	garroteándote	garroteándolo, garroteándola, garroteándose	garroteándonos	garroteándoos	garroteándolos, garroteándolas, garroteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative garrotea
	dative	garrotéame	garrotéate	garrotéale	garrotéanos	not used	garrotéales
	accusative	garrotéame	garrotéate	garrotéalo, garrotéala	garrotéanos	not used	garrotéalos, garrotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative garroteá
	dative	garroteame	garroteate	garroteale	garroteanos	not used	garroteales
	accusative	garroteame	garroteate	garrotealo, garroteala	garroteanos	not used	garrotealos, garrotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative garrotee
	dative	garrotéeme	not used	garrotéele, garrotéese	garrotéenos	not used	garrotéeles
	accusative	garrotéeme	not used	garrotéelo, garrotéela, garrotéese	garrotéenos	not used	garrotéelos, garrotéelas
with first-person plural imperative garroteemos
	dative	not used	garroteémoste	garroteémosle	garroteémonos	garroteémoos	garroteémosles
	accusative	not used	garroteémoste	garroteémoslo, garroteémosla	garroteémonos	garroteémoos	garroteémoslos, garroteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative garrotead
	dative	garroteadme	not used	garroteadle	garroteadnos	garroteaos	garroteadles
	accusative	garroteadme	not used	garroteadlo, garroteadla	garroteadnos	garroteaos	garroteadlos, garroteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative garroteen
	dative	garrotéenme	not used	garrotéenle	garrotéennos	not used	garrotéenles, garrotéense
	accusative	garrotéenme	not used	garrotéenlo, garrotéenla	garrotéennos	not used	garrotéenlos, garrotéenlas, garrotéense

Further reading

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