# candidatear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From candidato +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kandidateˈaɾ/ [kãn̪.d̪i.ð̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: can‧di‧da‧te‧ar

### Verb

candidatear (first-person singular present candidateo, first-person singular preterite candidateé, past participle candidateado)
* to offer up as candidate
** 2015 October 5, “La oposición de Bolivia rechaza la pregunta sobre la reelección”, in El País‎:Puesto que la Constitución solo autoriza una reelección continua, está impedido de candidatear inmediatamente después de finalizar esta gestión.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | candidatear | candidatear | candidatear | candidatear | candidatear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | candidateando | candidateando | candidateando | candidateando | candidateando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | candidateado | candidateado | candidateada | candidateada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | candidateados | candidateados | candidateadas | candidateadas |
| | | 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 | candidateo | candidateas$^{tú}$ candidateás$^{vos}$ | candidatea | candidateamos | candidateáis | candidatean |
| indicative | imperfect | candidateaba | candidateabas | candidateaba | candidateábamos | candidateabais | candidateaban |
| indicative | preterite | candidateé | candidateaste | candidateó | candidateamos | candidateasteis | candidatearon |
| indicative | future | candidatearé | candidatearás | candidateará | candidatearemos | candidatearéis | candidatearán |
| indicative | conditional | candidatearía | candidatearías | candidatearía | candidatearíamos | candidatearíais | candidatearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | candidatee | candidatees$^{tú}$ candidateés$^{vos2}$ | candidatee | candidateemos | candidateéis | candidateen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | candidateara | candidatearas | candidateara | candidateáramos | candidatearais | candidatearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | candidatease | candidateases | candidatease | candidateásemos | candidateaseis | candidateasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | candidateare | candidateares | candidateare | candidateáremos | candidateareis | candidatearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | candidatea$^{tú}$ candidateá$^{vos}$ | candidatee | candidateemos | candidatead | candidateen |
| imperative | negative | | no candidatees | no candidatee | no candidateemos | no candidateéis | no candidateen |
$^1$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

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