# dentellear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From diente (“tooth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /denteʝeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʝeˈaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /denteʝeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʝeˈaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /denteʎeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʎeˈaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /denteʃeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʃeˈaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /denteʒeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʒeˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: den‧te‧lle‧ar

### Verb

dentellear (first-person singular present dentelleo, first-person singular preterite dentelleé, past participle dentelleado)
* to nibble

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | dentellear | dentellear | dentellear | dentellear | dentellear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | dentelleando | dentelleando | dentelleando | dentelleando | dentelleando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | dentelleado | dentelleado | dentelleada | dentelleada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | dentelleados | dentelleados | dentelleadas | dentelleadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | dentelleo | dentelleas$^{tú}$ dentelleás$^{vos}$ | dentellea | dentelleamos | dentelleáis | dentellean |
| indicative | imperfect | dentelleaba | dentelleabas | dentelleaba | dentelleábamos | dentelleabais | dentelleaban |
| indicative | preterite | dentelleé | dentelleaste | dentelleó | dentelleamos | dentelleasteis | dentellearon |
| indicative | future | dentellearé | dentellearás | dentelleará | dentellearemos | dentellearéis | dentellearán |
| indicative | conditional | dentellearía | dentellearías | dentellearía | dentellearíamos | dentellearíais | dentellearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | dentellee | dentellees$^{tú}$ dentelleés$^{vos2}$ | dentellee | dentelleemos | dentelleéis | dentelleen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | dentelleara | dentellearas | dentelleara | dentelleáramos | dentellearais | dentellearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | dentellease | dentelleases | dentellease | dentelleásemos | dentelleaseis | dentelleasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | dentelleare | dentelleares | dentelleare | dentelleáremos | dentelleareis | dentellearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | dentellea$^{tú}$ dentelleá$^{vos}$ | dentellee | dentelleemos | dentellead | dentelleen |
| imperative | negative | | no dentellees | no dentellee | no dentelleemos | no dentelleéis | no dentelleen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “dentellear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014