cotillear

Spanish

Etymology

From cotilla +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kotiʝeˈaɾ/ [ko.t̪i.ʝeˈaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kotiʎeˈaɾ/ [ko.t̪i.ʎeˈaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kotiʃeˈaɾ/ [ko.t̪i.ʃeˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kotiʒeˈaɾ/ [ko.t̪i.ʒeˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧ti‧lle‧ar

Verb

cotillear (first-person singular present cotilleo, first-person singular preterite cotilleé, past participle cotilleado)

  1. to gossip [from early 20th c.]
    Synonyms: chismear, chismorrear, comadrear, copuchear, salsear, chambrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cotillear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cotillear
gerund cotilleando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cotilleado cotilleada
plural cotilleados cotilleadas
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 cotilleo cotilleastú
cotilleásvos 		cotillea cotilleamos cotilleáis cotillean
imperfect cotilleaba cotilleabas cotilleaba cotilleábamos cotilleabais cotilleaban
preterite cotilleé cotilleaste cotilleó cotilleamos cotilleasteis cotillearon
future cotillearé cotillearás cotilleará cotillearemos cotillearéis cotillearán
conditional cotillearía cotillearías cotillearía cotillearíamos cotillearíais cotillearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cotillee cotilleestú
cotilleésvos2 		cotillee cotilleemos cotilleéis cotilleen
imperfect
(ra) 		cotilleara cotillearas cotilleara cotilleáramos cotillearais cotillearan
imperfect
(se) 		cotillease cotilleases cotillease cotilleásemos cotilleaseis cotilleasen
future1 cotilleare cotilleares cotilleare cotilleáremos cotilleareis cotillearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cotilleatú
cotilleávos 		cotillee cotilleemos cotillead cotilleen
negative no cotillees no cotillee no cotilleemos no cotilleéis no cotilleen

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

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