bretear

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾeteˈaɾ/ [bɾe.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bre‧te‧ar

Verb

bretear (first-person singular present breteo, first-person singular preterite breteé, past participle breteado)

  1. (colloquial, Costa Rica) to work

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bretear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bretear
gerund breteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular breteado breteada
plural breteados breteadas
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 breteo breteastú
breteásvos 		bretea breteamos breteáis bretean
imperfect breteaba breteabas breteaba breteábamos breteabais breteaban
preterite breteé breteaste breteó breteamos breteasteis bretearon
future bretearé bretearás breteará bretearemos bretearéis bretearán
conditional bretearía bretearías bretearía bretearíamos bretearíais bretearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bretee breteestú
breteésvos2 		bretee breteemos breteéis breteen
imperfect
(ra) 		breteara bretearas breteara breteáramos bretearais bretearan
imperfect
(se) 		bretease breteases bretease breteásemos breteaseis breteasen
future1 breteare breteares breteare breteáremos breteareis bretearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative breteatú
breteávos 		bretee breteemos bretead breteen
negative no bretees no bretee no breteemos no breteéis no breteen

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

    Selected combined forms of bretear

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 bretear dative bretearme bretearte bretearle, bretearse bretearnos bretearos bretearles, bretearse
accusative bretearme bretearte bretearlo, bretearla, bretearse bretearnos bretearos bretearlos, bretearlas, bretearse
with gerund breteando dative breteándome breteándote breteándole, breteándose breteándonos breteándoos breteándoles, breteándose
accusative breteándome breteándote breteándolo, breteándola, breteándose breteándonos breteándoos breteándolos, breteándolas, breteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bretea dative bretéame bretéate bretéale bretéanos not used bretéales
accusative bretéame bretéate bretéalo, bretéala bretéanos not used bretéalos, bretéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative breteá dative breteame breteate breteale breteanos not used breteales
accusative breteame breteate bretealo, breteala breteanos not used bretealos, bretealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bretee dative bretéeme not used bretéele, bretéese bretéenos not used bretéeles
accusative bretéeme not used bretéelo, bretéela, bretéese bretéenos not used bretéelos, bretéelas
with first-person plural imperative breteemos dative not used breteémoste breteémosle breteémonos breteémoos breteémosles
accusative not used breteémoste breteémoslo, breteémosla breteémonos breteémoos breteémoslos, breteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bretead dative breteadme not used breteadle breteadnos breteaos breteadles
accusative breteadme not used breteadlo, breteadla breteadnos breteaos breteadlos, breteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative breteen dative bretéenme not used bretéenle bretéennos not used bretéenles, bretéense
accusative bretéenme not used bretéenlo, bretéenla bretéennos not used bretéenlos, bretéenlas, bretéense

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