olfatear

Spanish

Etymology

From olfato +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olfateˈaɾ/ [ol.fa.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ol‧fa‧te‧ar

Verb

olfatear (first-person singular present olfateo, first-person singular preterite olfateé, past participle olfateado)

1. (transitive) to sniff
2. (transitive, colloquial) to investigate, to find out with curiosity and resolution

   Synonym: husmear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of olfatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			olfatear
gerund			olfateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		olfateado		olfateada
		plural		olfateados		olfateadas
		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	olfateo	olfateastú olfateásvos	olfatea	olfateamos	olfateáis	olfatean
	imperfect	olfateaba	olfateabas	olfateaba	olfateábamos	olfateabais	olfateaban
	preterite	olfateé	olfateaste	olfateó	olfateamos	olfateasteis	olfatearon
	future	olfatearé	olfatearás	olfateará	olfatearemos	olfatearéis	olfatearán
	conditional	olfatearía	olfatearías	olfatearía	olfatearíamos	olfatearíais	olfatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	olfatee	olfateestú olfateésvos2	olfatee	olfateemos	olfateéis	olfateen
	imperfect (ra)	olfateara	olfatearas	olfateara	olfateáramos	olfatearais	olfatearan
	imperfect (se)	olfatease	olfateases	olfatease	olfateásemos	olfateaseis	olfateasen
	future1	olfateare	olfateares	olfateare	olfateáremos	olfateareis	olfatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		olfateatú olfateávos	olfatee	olfateemos	olfatead	olfateen
	negative		no olfatees	no olfatee	no olfateemos	no olfateéis	no olfateen

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

    Selected combined forms of olfatear

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 olfatear
	dative	olfatearme	olfatearte	olfatearle, olfatearse	olfatearnos	olfatearos	olfatearles, olfatearse
	accusative	olfatearme	olfatearte	olfatearlo, olfatearla, olfatearse	olfatearnos	olfatearos	olfatearlos, olfatearlas, olfatearse
with gerund olfateando
	dative	olfateándome	olfateándote	olfateándole, olfateándose	olfateándonos	olfateándoos	olfateándoles, olfateándose
	accusative	olfateándome	olfateándote	olfateándolo, olfateándola, olfateándose	olfateándonos	olfateándoos	olfateándolos, olfateándolas, olfateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative olfatea
	dative	olfatéame	olfatéate	olfatéale	olfatéanos	not used	olfatéales
	accusative	olfatéame	olfatéate	olfatéalo, olfatéala	olfatéanos	not used	olfatéalos, olfatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative olfateá
	dative	olfateame	olfateate	olfateale	olfateanos	not used	olfateales
	accusative	olfateame	olfateate	olfatealo, olfateala	olfateanos	not used	olfatealos, olfatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative olfatee
	dative	olfatéeme	not used	olfatéele, olfatéese	olfatéenos	not used	olfatéeles
	accusative	olfatéeme	not used	olfatéelo, olfatéela, olfatéese	olfatéenos	not used	olfatéelos, olfatéelas
with first-person plural imperative olfateemos
	dative	not used	olfateémoste	olfateémosle	olfateémonos	olfateémoos	olfateémosles
	accusative	not used	olfateémoste	olfateémoslo, olfateémosla	olfateémonos	olfateémoos	olfateémoslos, olfateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative olfatead
	dative	olfateadme	not used	olfateadle	olfateadnos	olfateaos	olfateadles
	accusative	olfateadme	not used	olfateadlo, olfateadla	olfateadnos	olfateaos	olfateadlos, olfateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative olfateen
	dative	olfatéenme	not used	olfatéenle	olfatéennos	not used	olfatéenles, olfatéense
	accusative	olfatéenme	not used	olfatéenlo, olfatéenla	olfatéennos	not used	olfatéenlos, olfatéenlas, olfatéense

Further reading

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