# pretextar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From pretexto +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧tex‧tar

### Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)
* to give as a pretext
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:Decir o cantar la Maunífica o Magníficat, no precisamente el himno que entonó María en la visita a su prima Isabel, sino una oración o lo que fuere, que la gente supersticiosa que la sabe se niega a comunicar, pretextando ignorarla, y de la cual daremos en otro lugar la única y muy disparatada versión que hemos podido recoger.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | pretextar | pretextar | pretextar | pretextar | pretextar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | pretextando | pretextando | pretextando | pretextando | pretextando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | pretextado | pretextado | pretextada | pretextada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | pretextados | pretextados | pretextadas | pretextadas |
| | | 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 | pretexto | pretextas$^{tú}$ pretextás$^{vos}$ | pretexta | pretextamos | pretextáis | pretextan |
| indicative | imperfect | pretextaba | pretextabas | pretextaba | pretextábamos | pretextabais | pretextaban |
| indicative | preterite | pretexté | pretextaste | pretextó | pretextamos | pretextasteis | pretextaron |
| indicative | future | pretextaré | pretextarás | pretextará | pretextaremos | pretextaréis | pretextarán |
| indicative | conditional | pretextaría | pretextarías | pretextaría | pretextaríamos | pretextaríais | pretextarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | pretexte | pretextes$^{tú}$ pretextés$^{vos2}$ | pretexte | pretextemos | pretextéis | pretexten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | pretextara | pretextaras | pretextara | pretextáramos | pretextarais | pretextaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | pretextase | pretextases | pretextase | pretextásemos | pretextaseis | pretextasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | pretextare | pretextares | pretextare | pretextáremos | pretextareis | pretextaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | pretexta$^{tú}$ pretextá$^{vos}$ | pretexte | pretextemos | pretextad | pretexten |
| imperative | negative | | no pretextes | no pretexte | no pretextemos | no pretextéis | no pretexten |
$^1$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

* “pretextar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28