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tontear

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Spanish tonto
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Latin -izāre
Spanish -ear
Spanish tontear

    From tonto (“silly”) + -ear.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /tonteˈaɾ/ [t̪õn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: ton‧te‧ar

    Verb

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    tontear (first-person singular present tonteo, first-person singular preterite tonteé, past participle tonteado)

    1. to do or say stupid things
    2. to flirt
      Synonym: flirtear

    Conjugation

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        Conjugation of tontear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
    infinitive tontear
    gerund tonteando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular tonteado tonteada
    plural tonteados tonteadas
    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 tonteo tonteastú
    tonteásvos     		tontea tonteamos tonteáis tontean
    imperfect tonteaba tonteabas tonteaba tonteábamos tonteabais tonteaban
    preterite tonteé tonteaste tonteó tonteamos tonteasteis tontearon
    future tontearé tontearás tonteará tontearemos tontearéis tontearán
    conditional tontearía tontearías tontearía tontearíamos tontearíais tontearían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos     		él/ella/ello
    usted     		nosotros
    nosotras     		vosotros
    vosotras     		ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present tontee tonteestú
    tonteésvos2     		tontee tonteemos tonteéis tonteen
    imperfect
    (ra)     		tonteara tontearas tonteara tonteáramos tontearais tontearan
    imperfect
    (se)     		tontease tonteases tontease tonteásemos tonteaseis tonteasen
    future1 tonteare tonteares tonteare tonteáremos tonteareis tontearen
    imperative — tú
    vos     		usted nosotros
    nosotras     		vosotros
    vosotras     		ustedes
    affirmative tonteatú
    tonteávos     		tontee tonteemos tontead tonteen
    negative no tontees no tontee no tonteemos no tonteéis no tonteen

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

    Further reading

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