# chivatear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From chivato +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃibateˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.β̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: chi‧va‧te‧ar

### Verb

chivatear (first-person singular present chivateo, first-person singular preterite chivateé, past participle chivateado)
* (transitive, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic) to snitch
* (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to shout; to howl; to holler
* (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to frolic
* (transitive, pronominal, colloquial, Cuba) Synonym of chispear
* (transitive, colloquial, Venezuela) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | chivatear | chivatear | chivatear | chivatear | chivatear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | chivateando | chivateando | chivateando | chivateando | chivateando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | chivateado | chivateado | chivateada | chivateada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | chivateados | chivateados | chivateadas | chivateadas |
| | | 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 | chivateo | chivateas$^{tú}$ chivateás$^{vos}$ | chivatea | chivateamos | chivateáis | chivatean |
| indicative | imperfect | chivateaba | chivateabas | chivateaba | chivateábamos | chivateabais | chivateaban |
| indicative | preterite | chivateé | chivateaste | chivateó | chivateamos | chivateasteis | chivatearon |
| indicative | future | chivatearé | chivatearás | chivateará | chivatearemos | chivatearéis | chivatearán |
| indicative | conditional | chivatearía | chivatearías | chivatearía | chivatearíamos | chivatearíais | chivatearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | chivatee | chivatees$^{tú}$ chivateés$^{vos2}$ | chivatee | chivateemos | chivateéis | chivateen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | chivateara | chivatearas | chivateara | chivateáramos | chivatearais | chivatearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | chivatease | chivateases | chivatease | chivateásemos | chivateaseis | chivateasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | chivateare | chivateares | chivateare | chivateáremos | chivateareis | chivatearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | chivatea$^{tú}$ chivateá$^{vos}$ | chivatee | chivateemos | chivatead | chivateen |
| imperative | negative | | no chivatees | no chivatee | no chivateemos | no chivateéis | no chivateen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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