acicatear

Spanish

Etymology

From acicate +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

acicatear (first-person singular present acicateo, first-person singular preterite acicateé, past participle acicateado)

1. (transitive) to spur on (a horse)

   Synonyms: espolear, espolonear

2. to fire, to spark

   acicatear memorias

   bring back memories

   acicatear curiosidad

   pique (one's) curiosity

   acicatear odio

   incite hatred

   acicatear la imaginación

   spark imagination

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acicatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acicatear
gerund			acicateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acicateado		acicateada
		plural		acicateados		acicateadas
		singular			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
	present	acicateo	acicateastú acicateásvos	acicatea	acicateamos	acicateáis	acicatean
	imperfect	acicateaba	acicateabas	acicateaba	acicateábamos	acicateabais	acicateaban
	preterite	acicateé	acicateaste	acicateó	acicateamos	acicateasteis	acicatearon
	future	acicatearé	acicatearás	acicateará	acicatearemos	acicatearéis	acicatearán
	conditional	acicatearía	acicatearías	acicatearía	acicatearíamos	acicatearíais	acicatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acicatee	acicateestú acicateésvos2	acicatee	acicateemos	acicateéis	acicateen
	imperfect (ra)	acicateara	acicatearas	acicateara	acicateáramos	acicatearais	acicatearan
	imperfect (se)	acicatease	acicateases	acicatease	acicateásemos	acicateaseis	acicateasen
	future1	acicateare	acicateares	acicateare	acicateáremos	acicateareis	acicatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acicateatú acicateávos	acicatee	acicateemos	acicatead	acicateen
	negative		no acicatees	no acicatee	no acicateemos	no acicateéis	no acicateen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acicatear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acicatear	dative	acicatearme	acicatearte	acicatearle, acicatearse	acicatearnos	acicatearos	acicatearles, acicatearse
	accusative	acicatearme	acicatearte	acicatearlo, acicatearla, acicatearse	acicatearnos	acicatearos	acicatearlos, acicatearlas, acicatearse
with gerund acicateando	dative	acicateándome	acicateándote	acicateándole, acicateándose	acicateándonos	acicateándoos	acicateándoles, acicateándose
	accusative	acicateándome	acicateándote	acicateándolo, acicateándola, acicateándose	acicateándonos	acicateándoos	acicateándolos, acicateándolas, acicateándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acicatea	dative	acicatéame	acicatéate	acicatéale	acicatéanos	not used	acicatéales
	accusative	acicatéame	acicatéate	acicatéalo, acicatéala	acicatéanos	not used	acicatéalos, acicatéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acicateá	dative	acicateame	acicateate	acicateale	acicateanos	not used	acicateales
	accusative	acicateame	acicateate	acicatealo, acicateala	acicateanos	not used	acicatealos, acicatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative acicatee	dative	acicatéeme	not used	acicatéele, acicatéese	acicatéenos	not used	acicatéeles
	accusative	acicatéeme	not used	acicatéelo, acicatéela, acicatéese	acicatéenos	not used	acicatéelos, acicatéelas
with first-person plural imperative acicateemos	dative	not used	acicateémoste	acicateémosle	acicateémonos	acicateémoos	acicateémosles
	accusative	not used	acicateémoste	acicateémoslo, acicateémosla	acicateémonos	acicateémoos	acicateémoslos, acicateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acicatead	dative	acicateadme	not used	acicateadle	acicateadnos	acicateaos	acicateadles
	accusative	acicateadme	not used	acicateadlo, acicateadla	acicateadnos	acicateaos	acicateadlos, acicateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acicateen	dative	acicatéenme	not used	acicatéenle	acicatéennos	not used	acicatéenles, acicatéense
	accusative	acicatéenme	not used	acicatéenlo, acicatéenla	acicatéennos	not used	acicatéenlos, acicatéenlas, acicatéense

Further reading

• “acicatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024