acicatear

Spanish

Etymology

From acicate +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθikateˈaɾ/ [a.θi.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /asikateˈaɾ/ [a.si.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te‧ar

Verb

acicatear (first-person singular present acicateo, first-person singular preterite acicateé, past participle acicateado)

  1. (transitive) to spur on (a horse)
    Synonyms: espolear, espolonear
  2. to fire, to spark
    acicatear memorias
    bring back memories
    acicatear curiosidad
    pique (one's) curiosity
    acicatear odio
    incite hatred
    acicatear la imaginación
    spark imagination

Conjugation
    Conjugation of acicatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acicatear
gerund acicateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acicateado acicateada
plural acicateados acicateadas
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 acicateo acicateastú
acicateásvos		 acicatea acicateamos acicateáis acicatean
imperfect acicateaba acicateabas acicateaba acicateábamos acicateabais acicateaban
preterite acicateé acicateaste acicateó acicateamos acicateasteis acicatearon
future acicatearé acicatearás acicateará acicatearemos acicatearéis acicatearán
conditional acicatearía acicatearías acicatearía acicatearíamos acicatearíais acicatearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acicatee acicateestú
acicateésvos2		 acicatee acicateemos acicateéis acicateen
imperfect
(ra)		 acicateara acicatearas acicateara acicateáramos acicatearais acicatearan
imperfect
(se)		 acicatease acicateases acicatease acicateásemos acicateaseis acicateasen
future1 acicateare acicateares acicateare acicateáremos acicateareis acicatearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative acicateatú
acicateávos		 acicatee acicateemos acicatead acicateen
negative no acicatees no acicatee no acicateemos no acicateéis no acicateen

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

    Selected combined forms of acicatear

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 acicatear
dative acicatearme acicatearte acicatearle, acicatearse acicatearnos acicatearos acicatearles, acicatearse
accusative acicatearme acicatearte acicatearlo, acicatearla, acicatearse acicatearnos acicatearos acicatearlos, acicatearlas, acicatearse
with gerund acicateando
dative acicateándome acicateándote acicateándole, acicateándose acicateándonos acicateándoos acicateándoles, acicateándose
accusative acicateándome acicateándote acicateándolo, acicateándola, acicateándose acicateándonos acicateándoos acicateándolos, acicateándolas, acicateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acicatea
dative acicatéame acicatéate acicatéale acicatéanos not used acicatéales
accusative acicatéame acicatéate acicatéalo, acicatéala acicatéanos not used acicatéalos, acicatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acicateá
dative acicateame acicateate acicateale acicateanos not used acicateales
accusative acicateame acicateate acicatealo, acicateala acicateanos not used acicatealos, acicatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative acicatee
dative acicatéeme not used acicatéele, acicatéese acicatéenos not used acicatéeles
accusative acicatéeme not used acicatéelo, acicatéela, acicatéese acicatéenos not used acicatéelos, acicatéelas
with first-person plural imperative acicateemos
dative not used acicateémoste acicateémosle acicateémonos acicateémoos acicateémosles
accusative not used acicateémoste acicateémoslo, acicateémosla acicateémonos acicateémoos acicateémoslos, acicateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acicatead
dative acicateadme not used acicateadle acicateadnos acicateaos acicateadles
accusative acicateadme not used acicateadlo, acicateadla acicateadnos acicateaos acicateadlos, acicateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acicateen
dative acicatéenme not used acicatéenle acicatéennos not used acicatéenles, acicatéense
accusative acicatéenme not used acicatéenlo, acicatéenla acicatéennos not used acicatéenlos, acicatéenlas, acicatéense

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