tantear

Spanish

Etymology

From tanto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tanteˈaɾ/ [t̪ãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tan‧te‧ar

Verb

tantear (first-person singular present tanteo, first-person singular preterite tanteé, past participle tanteado)

  1. to grope, to feel one's way, to search by feeling
  2. (also figurative) to weigh up, to size up, to sound out
    • 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:
      Yo la busco indaga en la fragilidad emocional masculina, tantea nuevos modelos de convivencia y relación, adopta cierto espíritu de novela de caballerías (la entrega del cuaderno) y propone un modelo de discurso claramente indisociable de lo vital.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to estimate
    Synonym: estimar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of tantear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tantear
gerund tanteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tanteado tanteada
plural tanteados tanteadas
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 tanteo tanteastú
tanteásvos		 tantea tanteamos tanteáis tantean
imperfect tanteaba tanteabas tanteaba tanteábamos tanteabais tanteaban
preterite tanteé tanteaste tanteó tanteamos tanteasteis tantearon
future tantearé tantearás tanteará tantearemos tantearéis tantearán
conditional tantearía tantearías tantearía tantearíamos tantearíais tantearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tantee tanteestú
tanteésvos2		 tantee tanteemos tanteéis tanteen
imperfect
(ra)		 tanteara tantearas tanteara tanteáramos tantearais tantearan
imperfect
(se)		 tantease tanteases tantease tanteásemos tanteaseis tanteasen
future1 tanteare tanteares tanteare tanteáremos tanteareis tantearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative tanteatú
tanteávos		 tantee tanteemos tantead tanteen
negative no tantees no tantee no tanteemos no tanteéis no tanteen

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

    Selected combined forms of tantear

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 tantear
dative tantearme tantearte tantearle, tantearse tantearnos tantearos tantearles, tantearse
accusative tantearme tantearte tantearlo, tantearla, tantearse tantearnos tantearos tantearlos, tantearlas, tantearse
with gerund tanteando
dative tanteándome tanteándote tanteándole, tanteándose tanteándonos tanteándoos tanteándoles, tanteándose
accusative tanteándome tanteándote tanteándolo, tanteándola, tanteándose tanteándonos tanteándoos tanteándolos, tanteándolas, tanteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tantea
dative tantéame tantéate tantéale tantéanos not used tantéales
accusative tantéame tantéate tantéalo, tantéala tantéanos not used tantéalos, tantéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tanteá
dative tanteame tanteate tanteale tanteanos not used tanteales
accusative tanteame tanteate tantealo, tanteala tanteanos not used tantealos, tantealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tantee
dative tantéeme not used tantéele, tantéese tantéenos not used tantéeles
accusative tantéeme not used tantéelo, tantéela, tantéese tantéenos not used tantéelos, tantéelas
with first-person plural imperative tanteemos
dative not used tanteémoste tanteémosle tanteémonos tanteémoos tanteémosles
accusative not used tanteémoste tanteémoslo, tanteémosla tanteémonos tanteémoos tanteémoslos, tanteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tantead
dative tanteadme not used tanteadle tanteadnos tanteaos tanteadles
accusative tanteadme not used tanteadlo, tanteadla tanteadnos tanteaos tanteadlos, tanteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tanteen
dative tantéenme not used tantéenle tantéennos not used tantéenles, tantéense
accusative tantéenme not used tantéenlo, tantéenla tantéennos not used tantéenlos, tantéenlas, tantéense

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