lotear

Portuguese

Etymology

From lote (“lot”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.teˈa(h)], /lo.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /loˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [loˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.teˈa(h)], /lo.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /loˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [loˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ɾ)/, /lo.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [lo.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /loˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.teˈa(χ)], /lo.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /loˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [loˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ɻ)/, /lo.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/ [lo.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /loˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈa(ʁ)/ [lo.teˈa(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: lo‧te‧ar

Verb

lotear (first-person singular present loteio, first-person singular preterite loteei, past participle loteado)

1. (transitive) to distribute into lots

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lotear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lotear
Personal	lotear	loteares	lotear	lotearmos	loteardes	lotearem
Gerund
	loteando
Past participle
Masculine	loteado			loteados
Feminine	loteada			loteadas
Indicative
Present	loteio	loteias	loteia	loteamos	loteais	loteiam
Imperfect	loteava	loteavas	loteava	loteávamos	loteáveis	loteavam
Preterite	loteei	loteaste	loteou	loteamos1, loteámos2	loteastes	lotearam
Pluperfect	loteara	lotearas	loteara	loteáramos	loteáreis	lotearam
Future	lotearei	lotearás	loteará	lotearemos	loteareis	lotearão
Conditional	lotearia	lotearias	lotearia	lotearíamos	lotearíeis	loteariam
Subjunctive
Present	loteie	loteies	loteie	loteemos	loteeis	loteiem
Imperfect	loteasse	loteasses	loteasse	loteássemos	loteásseis	loteassem
Future	lotear	loteares	lotear	lotearmos	loteardes	lotearem
Imperative
Affirmative		loteia	loteie	loteemos	loteai	loteiem
Negative (não)		não loteies	não loteie	não loteemos	não loteeis	não loteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “lotear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lotear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

French lotbor.

Spanish lote

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish lotear

From lote + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loteˈaɾ/ [lo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lo‧te‧ar

Verb

lotear (first-person singular present loteo, first-person singular preterite loteé, past participle loteado)

1. (transitive) to distribute into lots

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lotear
gerund			loteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		loteado		loteada
		plural		loteados		loteadas
		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	loteo	loteastú loteásvos	lotea	loteamos	loteáis	lotean
	imperfect	loteaba	loteabas	loteaba	loteábamos	loteabais	loteaban
	preterite	loteé	loteaste	loteó	loteamos	loteasteis	lotearon
	future	lotearé	lotearás	loteará	lotearemos	lotearéis	lotearán
	conditional	lotearía	lotearías	lotearía	lotearíamos	lotearíais	lotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lotee	loteestú loteésvos2	lotee	loteemos	loteéis	loteen
	imperfect (ra)	loteara	lotearas	loteara	loteáramos	lotearais	lotearan
	imperfect (se)	lotease	loteases	lotease	loteásemos	loteaseis	loteasen
	future1	loteare	loteares	loteare	loteáremos	loteareis	lotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		loteatú loteávos	lotee	loteemos	lotead	loteen
	negative		no lotees	no lotee	no loteemos	no loteéis	no loteen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lotear

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 lotear	dative	lotearme	lotearte	lotearle, lotearse	lotearnos	lotearos	lotearles, lotearse
	accusative	lotearme	lotearte	lotearlo, lotearla, lotearse	lotearnos	lotearos	lotearlos, lotearlas, lotearse
with gerund loteando	dative	loteándome	loteándote	loteándole, loteándose	loteándonos	loteándoos	loteándoles, loteándose
	accusative	loteándome	loteándote	loteándolo, loteándola, loteándose	loteándonos	loteándoos	loteándolos, loteándolas, loteándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative lotea	dative	lotéame	lotéate	lotéale	lotéanos	not used	lotéales
	accusative	lotéame	lotéate	lotéalo, lotéala	lotéanos	not used	lotéalos, lotéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative loteá	dative	loteame	loteate	loteale	loteanos	not used	loteales
	accusative	loteame	loteate	lotealo, loteala	loteanos	not used	lotealos, lotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative lotee	dative	lotéeme	not used	lotéele, lotéese	lotéenos	not used	lotéeles
	accusative	lotéeme	not used	lotéelo, lotéela, lotéese	lotéenos	not used	lotéelos, lotéelas
with first-person plural imperative loteemos	dative	not used	loteémoste	loteémosle	loteémonos	loteémoos	loteémosles
	accusative	not used	loteémoste	loteémoslo, loteémosla	loteémonos	loteémoos	loteémoslos, loteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lotead	dative	loteadme	not used	loteadle	loteadnos	loteaos	loteadles
	accusative	loteadme	not used	loteadlo, loteadla	loteadnos	loteaos	loteadlos, loteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative loteen	dative	lotéenme	not used	lotéenle	lotéennos	not used	lotéenles, lotéense
	accusative	lotéenme	not used	lotéenlo, lotéenla	lotéennos	not used	lotéenlos, lotéenlas, lotéense

Derived terms

• loteo

Further reading

• “lotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025