deletrear

Spanish

Etymology

From de- +‎ letra +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deletɾeˈaɾ/ [d̪e.le.t̪ɾeˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧le‧tre‧ar

Verb

deletrear (first-person singular present deletreo, first-person singular preterite deletreé, past participle deletreado)

  1. to spell, to spell out (a word or words)[1]
  2. to say the letters that make up each syllable of a given word, saying each syllable as it is completed, and eventually, the complete word; for example: c, a, ca, d, a, da; cada for cada[1]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of deletrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive deletrear
gerund deletreando
past participle masculine feminine
singular deletreado deletreada
plural deletreados deletreadas
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 deletreo deletreastú
deletreásvos		 deletrea deletreamos deletreáis deletrean
imperfect deletreaba deletreabas deletreaba deletreábamos deletreabais deletreaban
preterite deletreé deletreaste deletreó deletreamos deletreasteis deletrearon
future deletrearé deletrearás deletreará deletrearemos deletrearéis deletrearán
conditional deletrearía deletrearías deletrearía deletrearíamos deletrearíais deletrearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present deletree deletreestú
deletreésvos2		 deletree deletreemos deletreéis deletreen
imperfect
(ra)		 deletreara deletrearas deletreara deletreáramos deletrearais deletrearan
imperfect
(se)		 deletrease deletreases deletrease deletreásemos deletreaseis deletreasen
future1 deletreare deletreares deletreare deletreáremos deletreareis deletrearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative deletreatú
deletreávos		 deletree deletreemos deletread deletreen
negative no deletrees no deletree no deletreemos no deletreéis no deletreen

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

    Selected combined forms of deletrear

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 deletrear
dative deletrearme deletrearte deletrearle, deletrearse deletrearnos deletrearos deletrearles, deletrearse
accusative deletrearme deletrearte deletrearlo, deletrearla, deletrearse deletrearnos deletrearos deletrearlos, deletrearlas, deletrearse
with gerund deletreando
dative deletreándome deletreándote deletreándole, deletreándose deletreándonos deletreándoos deletreándoles, deletreándose
accusative deletreándome deletreándote deletreándolo, deletreándola, deletreándose deletreándonos deletreándoos deletreándolos, deletreándolas, deletreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deletrea
dative deletréame deletréate deletréale deletréanos not used deletréales
accusative deletréame deletréate deletréalo, deletréala deletréanos not used deletréalos, deletréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deletreá
dative deletreame deletreate deletreale deletreanos not used deletreales
accusative deletreame deletreate deletrealo, deletreala deletreanos not used deletrealos, deletrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative deletree
dative deletréeme not used deletréele, deletréese deletréenos not used deletréeles
accusative deletréeme not used deletréelo, deletréela, deletréese deletréenos not used deletréelos, deletréelas
with first-person plural imperative deletreemos
dative not used deletreémoste deletreémosle deletreémonos deletreémoos deletreémosles
accusative not used deletreémoste deletreémoslo, deletreémosla deletreémonos deletreémoos deletreémoslos, deletreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deletread
dative deletreadme not used deletreadle deletreadnos deletreaos deletreadles
accusative deletreadme not used deletreadlo, deletreadla deletreadnos deletreaos deletreadlos, deletreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deletreen
dative deletréenme not used deletréenle deletréennos not used deletréenles, deletréense
accusative deletréenme not used deletréenlo, deletréenla deletréennos not used deletréenlos, deletréenlas, deletréense

Derived terms

References
  1. “deletrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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