fletear
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fleteˈaɾ/ [fle.t̪eˈaɾ]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fle‧te‧ar
Verb
fletear (first-person singular present fleteo, first-person singular preterite fleteé, past participle fleteado)
- (intransitive, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Ecuador) to transport loads for a fee
- (intransitive, Cuba) (of a prostitute) to work the streets
- (transitive, Guatemala, Honduras) to charter
- Synonym: fletar
- (transitive, Honduras) (of male animals) to mount
- Synonym: montar
Conjugation
Conjugation of fletear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | fletear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | fleteando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fleteado | fleteada | |||||
| plural | fleteados | fleteadas | |||||
| 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 | fleteo | fleteastú fleteásvos |
fletea | fleteamos | fleteáis | fletean | |
| imperfect | fleteaba | fleteabas | fleteaba | fleteábamos | fleteabais | fleteaban | |
| preterite | fleteé | fleteaste | fleteó | fleteamos | fleteasteis | fletearon | |
| future | fletearé | fletearás | fleteará | fletearemos | fletearéis | fletearán | |
| conditional | fletearía | fletearías | fletearía | fletearíamos | fletearíais | fletearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fletee | fleteestú fleteésvos2 |
fletee | fleteemos | fleteéis | fleteen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
fleteara | fletearas | fleteara | fleteáramos | fletearais | fletearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
fletease | fleteases | fletease | fleteásemos | fleteaseis | fleteasen | |
| future1 | fleteare | fleteares | fleteare | fleteáremos | fleteareis | fletearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | fleteatú fleteávos |
fletee | fleteemos | fletead | fleteen | ||
| negative | no fletees | no fletee | no fleteemos | no fleteéis | no fleteen | ||
Selected combined forms of fletear
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 fletear | dative | fletearme | fletearte | fletearle, fletearse | fletearnos | fletearos | fletearles, fletearse |
| accusative | fletearme | fletearte | fletearlo, fletearla, fletearse | fletearnos | fletearos | fletearlos, fletearlas, fletearse | |
| with gerund fleteando | dative | fleteándome | fleteándote | fleteándole, fleteándose | fleteándonos | fleteándoos | fleteándoles, fleteándose |
| accusative | fleteándome | fleteándote | fleteándolo, fleteándola, fleteándose | fleteándonos | fleteándoos | fleteándolos, fleteándolas, fleteándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative fletea | dative | fletéame | fletéate | fletéale | fletéanos | not used | fletéales |
| accusative | fletéame | fletéate | fletéalo, fletéala | fletéanos | not used | fletéalos, fletéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative fleteá | dative | fleteame | fleteate | fleteale | fleteanos | not used | fleteales |
| accusative | fleteame | fleteate | fletealo, fleteala | fleteanos | not used | fletealos, fletealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative fletee | dative | fletéeme | not used | fletéele, fletéese | fletéenos | not used | fletéeles |
| accusative | fletéeme | not used | fletéelo, fletéela, fletéese | fletéenos | not used | fletéelos, fletéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative fleteemos | dative | not used | fleteémoste | fleteémosle | fleteémonos | fleteémoos | fleteémosles |
| accusative | not used | fleteémoste | fleteémoslo, fleteémosla | fleteémonos | fleteémoos | fleteémoslos, fleteémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative fletead | dative | fleteadme | not used | fleteadle | fleteadnos | fleteaos | fleteadles |
| accusative | fleteadme | not used | fleteadlo, fleteadla | fleteadnos | fleteaos | fleteadlos, fleteadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative fleteen | dative | fletéenme | not used | fletéenle | fletéennos | not used | fletéenles, fletéense |
| accusative | fletéenme | not used | fletéenlo, fletéenla | fletéennos | not used | fletéenlos, fletéenlas, fletéense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fletear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “fletear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010