# acicatear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From acicate +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aθikateˈaɾ/ [a.θi.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /asikateˈaɾ/ [a.si.ka.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧te‧ar

### Verb

acicatear (first-person singular present acicateo, first-person singular preterite acicateé, past participle acicateado)
* (transitive) to spur on (a horse)
    Synonyms: espolear, espolonear
* to fire, to spark
    acicatear memoriasbring back memories
    acicatear curiosidadpique (one's) curiosity
    acicatear odioincite hatred
    acicatear la imaginaciónspark imagination

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | acicatear | acicatear | acicatear | acicatear | acicatear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | acicateando | acicateando | acicateando | acicateando | acicateando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | acicateado | acicateado | acicateada | acicateada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | acicateados | acicateados | acicateadas | acicateadas |
| | | 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 | acicateo | acicateas$^{tú}$ acicateás$^{vos}$ | acicatea | acicateamos | acicateáis | acicatean |
| indicative | imperfect | acicateaba | acicateabas | acicateaba | acicateábamos | acicateabais | acicateaban |
| indicative | preterite | acicateé | acicateaste | acicateó | acicateamos | acicateasteis | acicatearon |
| indicative | future | acicatearé | acicatearás | acicateará | acicatearemos | acicatearéis | acicatearán |
| indicative | conditional | acicatearía | acicatearías | acicatearía | acicatearíamos | acicatearíais | acicatearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | acicatee | acicatees$^{tú}$ acicateés$^{vos2}$ | acicatee | acicateemos | acicateéis | acicateen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | acicateara | acicatearas | acicateara | acicateáramos | acicatearais | acicatearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | acicatease | acicateases | acicatease | acicateásemos | acicateaseis | acicateasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | acicateare | acicateares | acicateare | acicateáremos | acicateareis | acicatearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | acicatea$^{tú}$ acicateá$^{vos}$ | acicatee | acicateemos | acicatead | acicateen |
| imperative | negative | | no acicatees | no acicatee | no acicateemos | no acicateéis | no acicateen |
$^1$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

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