# chispotear
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unknown. Likely related to chispa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃispoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃis.po.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: chis‧po‧te‧ar

### Verb

chispotear (first-person singular present chispoteo, first-person singular preterite chispoteé, past participle chispoteado) (colloquial)
* (transitive, Mexico, El Salvador, Dominican Republic) to blurt out (something)
* (transitive, pronominal, Puerto Rico) to blurt out (something)
* (intransitive, pronominal, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile) to forget

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | chispotear | chispotear | chispotear | chispotear | chispotear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | chispoteando | chispoteando | chispoteando | chispoteando | chispoteando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | chispoteado | chispoteado | chispoteada | chispoteada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | chispoteados | chispoteados | chispoteadas | chispoteadas |
| | | 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 | chispoteo | chispoteas$^{tú}$ chispoteás$^{vos}$ | chispotea | chispoteamos | chispoteáis | chispotean |
| indicative | imperfect | chispoteaba | chispoteabas | chispoteaba | chispoteábamos | chispoteabais | chispoteaban |
| indicative | preterite | chispoteé | chispoteaste | chispoteó | chispoteamos | chispoteasteis | chispotearon |
| indicative | future | chispotearé | chispotearás | chispoteará | chispotearemos | chispotearéis | chispotearán |
| indicative | conditional | chispotearía | chispotearías | chispotearía | chispotearíamos | chispotearíais | chispotearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | chispotee | chispotees$^{tú}$ chispoteés$^{vos2}$ | chispotee | chispoteemos | chispoteéis | chispoteen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | chispoteara | chispotearas | chispoteara | chispoteáramos | chispotearais | chispotearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | chispotease | chispoteases | chispotease | chispoteásemos | chispoteaseis | chispoteasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | chispoteare | chispoteares | chispoteare | chispoteáremos | chispoteareis | chispotearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | chispotea$^{tú}$ chispoteá$^{vos}$ | chispotee | chispoteemos | chispotead | chispoteen |
| imperative | negative | | no chispotees | no chispotee | no chispoteemos | no chispoteéis | no chispoteen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “chispotear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.