tongonear

Spanish

Verb

tongonear (first-person singular present tongoneo, first-person singular preterite tongoneé, past participle tongoneado)

(Cuba, Venezuela) to swing (the hips, while dancing or walking)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tongonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			tongonear
gerund			tongoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tongoneado		tongoneada
		plural		tongoneados		tongoneadas
		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	tongoneo	tongoneas^{^tú} tongoneás^{^vos}	tongonea	tongoneamos	tongoneáis	tongonean
	imperfect	tongoneaba	tongoneabas	tongoneaba	tongoneábamos	tongoneabais	tongoneaban
	preterite	tongoneé	tongoneaste	tongoneó	tongoneamos	tongoneasteis	tongonearon
	future	tongonearé	tongonearás	tongoneará	tongonearemos	tongonearéis	tongonearán
	conditional	tongonearía	tongonearías	tongonearía	tongonearíamos	tongonearíais	tongonearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tongonee	tongonees^{^tú} tongoneés^{^vos²}	tongonee	tongoneemos	tongoneéis	tongoneen
	imperfect (ra)	tongoneara	tongonearas	tongoneara	tongoneáramos	tongonearais	tongonearan
	imperfect (se)	tongonease	tongoneases	tongonease	tongoneásemos	tongoneaseis	tongoneasen
	future¹	tongoneare	tongoneares	tongoneare	tongoneáremos	tongoneareis	tongonearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tongonea^{^tú} tongoneá^{^vos}	tongonee	tongoneemos	tongonead	tongoneen
	negative		no tongonees	no tongonee	no tongoneemos	no tongoneéis	no tongoneen

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

Selected combined forms of tongonear

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 tongonear	dative	tongonearme	tongonearte	tongonearle, tongonearse	tongonearnos	tongonearos	tongonearles, tongonearse
with infinitive tongonear	accusative	tongonearme	tongonearte	tongonearlo, tongonearla, tongonearse	tongonearnos	tongonearos	tongonearlos, tongonearlas, tongonearse

with gerund tongoneando	dative	tongoneándome	tongoneándote	tongoneándole, tongoneándose	tongoneándonos	tongoneándoos	tongoneándoles, tongoneándose
with gerund tongoneando	accusative	tongoneándome	tongoneándote	tongoneándolo, tongoneándola, tongoneándose	tongoneándonos	tongoneándoos	tongoneándolos, tongoneándolas, tongoneándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative tongonea	dative	tongonéame	tongonéate	tongonéale	tongonéanos	not used	tongonéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tongonea	accusative	tongonéame	tongonéate	tongonéalo, tongonéala	tongonéanos	not used	tongonéalos, tongonéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative tongoneá	dative	tongoneame	tongoneate	tongoneale	tongoneanos	not used	tongoneales
	accusative	tongoneame	tongoneate	tongonealo, tongoneala	tongoneanos	not used	tongonealos, tongonealas

with formal second-person singular imperative tongonee	dative	tongonéeme	not used	tongonéele, tongonéese	tongonéenos	not used	tongonéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative tongonee	accusative	tongonéeme	not used	tongonéelo, tongonéela, tongonéese	tongonéenos	not used	tongonéelos, tongonéelas

with first-person plural imperative tongoneemos	dative	not used	tongoneémoste	tongoneémosle	tongoneémonos	tongoneémoos	tongoneémosles
with first-person plural imperative tongoneemos	accusative	not used	tongoneémoste	tongoneémoslo, tongoneémosla	tongoneémonos	tongoneémoos	tongoneémoslos, tongoneémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative tongonead	dative	tongoneadme	not used	tongoneadle	tongoneadnos	tongoneaos	tongoneadles
with informal second-person plural imperative tongonead	accusative	tongoneadme	not used	tongoneadlo, tongoneadla	tongoneadnos	tongoneaos	tongoneadlos, tongoneadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative tongoneen	dative	tongonéenme	not used	tongonéenle	tongonéennos	not used	tongonéenles, tongonéense
with formal second-person plural imperative tongoneen	accusative	tongonéenme	not used	tongonéenlo, tongonéenla	tongonéennos	not used	tongonéenlos, tongonéenlas, tongonéense

Spanish

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading