# titiritear
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /titiɾiteˈaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪i.ɾi.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ti‧ti‧ri‧te‧ar

### Verb

titiritear (first-person singular present titiriteo, first-person singular preterite titiriteé, past participle titiriteado)
* (Honduras) to control like a puppet
** 2019 October 30, Harold Alvarado Tenorio, “Una ministra calceta”, in El Nacional‎:Y aparece el titiritero Trump sosteniendo a la marioneta Álvaro Uribe, que a su vez titiritea a Iván Duque mientras dos lobos se aparean bajo el pecho de una mujer que dice “Stop Being Poor” seguida por un dólar rojo, o una palanquera con un cocodrilo sobre su cabeza o un malabarista con cabezas humanas, Mickey Mouse y al final, entre otras criaturas, unos “Rascalls” pintando en el mismo muro, en una suerte de Doppelgänger, un Yanqui Go Home.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | titiritear | titiritear | titiritear | titiritear | titiritear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | titiriteando | titiriteando | titiriteando | titiriteando | titiriteando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | titiriteado | titiriteado | titiriteada | titiriteada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | titiriteados | titiriteados | titiriteadas | titiriteadas |
| | | 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 | titiriteo | titiriteas$^{tú}$ titiriteás$^{vos}$ | titiritea | titiriteamos | titiriteáis | titiritean |
| indicative | imperfect | titiriteaba | titiriteabas | titiriteaba | titiriteábamos | titiriteabais | titiriteaban |
| indicative | preterite | titiriteé | titiriteaste | titiriteó | titiriteamos | titiriteasteis | titiritearon |
| indicative | future | titiritearé | titiritearás | titiriteará | titiritearemos | titiritearéis | titiritearán |
| indicative | conditional | titiritearía | titiritearías | titiritearía | titiritearíamos | titiritearíais | titiritearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | titiritee | titiritees$^{tú}$ titiriteés$^{vos2}$ | titiritee | titiriteemos | titiriteéis | titiriteen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | titiriteara | titiritearas | titiriteara | titiriteáramos | titiritearais | titiritearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | titiritease | titiriteases | titiritease | titiriteásemos | titiriteaseis | titiriteasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | titiriteare | titiriteares | titiriteare | titiriteáremos | titiriteareis | titiritearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | titiritea$^{tú}$ titiriteá$^{vos}$ | titiritee | titiriteemos | titiritead | titiriteen |
| imperative | negative | | no titiritees | no titiritee | no titiriteemos | no titiriteéis | no titiriteen |
$^1$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

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