# cantaletear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From cantaleta +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kantaleteˈaɾ/ [kãn̪.t̪a.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: can‧ta‧le‧te‧ar

### Verb

cantaletear (first-person singular present cantaleteo, first-person singular preterite cantaleteé, past participle cantaleteado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to nag

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cantaletear | cantaletear | cantaletear | cantaletear | cantaletear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cantaleteando | cantaleteando | cantaleteando | cantaleteando | cantaleteando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cantaleteado | cantaleteado | cantaleteada | cantaleteada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cantaleteados | cantaleteados | cantaleteadas | cantaleteadas |
| | | 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 | cantaleteo | cantaleteas$^{tú}$ cantaleteás$^{vos}$ | cantaletea | cantaleteamos | cantaleteáis | cantaletean |
| indicative | imperfect | cantaleteaba | cantaleteabas | cantaleteaba | cantaleteábamos | cantaleteabais | cantaleteaban |
| indicative | preterite | cantaleteé | cantaleteaste | cantaleteó | cantaleteamos | cantaleteasteis | cantaletearon |
| indicative | future | cantaletearé | cantaletearás | cantaleteará | cantaletearemos | cantaletearéis | cantaletearán |
| indicative | conditional | cantaletearía | cantaletearías | cantaletearía | cantaletearíamos | cantaletearíais | cantaletearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cantaletee | cantaletees$^{tú}$ cantaleteés$^{vos2}$ | cantaletee | cantaleteemos | cantaleteéis | cantaleteen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cantaleteara | cantaletearas | cantaleteara | cantaleteáramos | cantaletearais | cantaletearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cantaletease | cantaleteases | cantaletease | cantaleteásemos | cantaleteaseis | cantaleteasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cantaleteare | cantaleteares | cantaleteare | cantaleteáremos | cantaleteareis | cantaletearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cantaletea$^{tú}$ cantaleteá$^{vos}$ | cantaletee | cantaleteemos | cantaletead | cantaleteen |
| imperative | negative | | no cantaletees | no cantaletee | no cantaleteemos | no cantaleteéis | no cantaleteen |
$^1$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

* “cantaletear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
* “cantaletear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014