alertear

Spanish

Etymology

From alerta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleɾteˈaɾ/ [a.leɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧te‧ar

Verb

alertear (first-person singular present alerteo, first-person singular preterite alerteé, past participle alerteado)

1. (transitive, Argentina) alert, warn (someone that something is happening).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alertear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alertear
gerund			alerteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alerteado		alerteada
		plural		alerteados		alerteadas
		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	alerteo	alerteastú alerteásvos	alertea	alerteamos	alerteáis	alertean
	imperfect	alerteaba	alerteabas	alerteaba	alerteábamos	alerteabais	alerteaban
	preterite	alerteé	alerteaste	alerteó	alerteamos	alerteasteis	alertearon
	future	alertearé	alertearás	alerteará	alertearemos	alertearéis	alertearán
	conditional	alertearía	alertearías	alertearía	alertearíamos	alertearíais	alertearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alertee	alerteestú alerteésvos2	alertee	alerteemos	alerteéis	alerteen
	imperfect (ra)	alerteara	alertearas	alerteara	alerteáramos	alertearais	alertearan
	imperfect (se)	alertease	alerteases	alertease	alerteásemos	alerteaseis	alerteasen
	future1	alerteare	alerteares	alerteare	alerteáremos	alerteareis	alertearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alerteatú alerteávos	alertee	alerteemos	alertead	alerteen
	negative		no alertees	no alertee	no alerteemos	no alerteéis	no alerteen

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

    Selected combined forms of alertear

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 alertear	dative	alertearme	alertearte	alertearle, alertearse	alertearnos	alertearos	alertearles, alertearse
	accusative	alertearme	alertearte	alertearlo, alertearla, alertearse	alertearnos	alertearos	alertearlos, alertearlas, alertearse
with gerund alerteando	dative	alerteándome	alerteándote	alerteándole, alerteándose	alerteándonos	alerteándoos	alerteándoles, alerteándose
	accusative	alerteándome	alerteándote	alerteándolo, alerteándola, alerteándose	alerteándonos	alerteándoos	alerteándolos, alerteándolas, alerteándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative alertea	dative	alertéame	alertéate	alertéale	alertéanos	not used	alertéales
	accusative	alertéame	alertéate	alertéalo, alertéala	alertéanos	not used	alertéalos, alertéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative alerteá	dative	alerteame	alerteate	alerteale	alerteanos	not used	alerteales
	accusative	alerteame	alerteate	alertealo, alerteala	alerteanos	not used	alertealos, alertealas
with formal second-person singular imperative alertee	dative	alertéeme	not used	alertéele, alertéese	alertéenos	not used	alertéeles
	accusative	alertéeme	not used	alertéelo, alertéela, alertéese	alertéenos	not used	alertéelos, alertéelas
with first-person plural imperative alerteemos	dative	not used	alerteémoste	alerteémosle	alerteémonos	alerteémoos	alerteémosles
	accusative	not used	alerteémoste	alerteémoslo, alerteémosla	alerteémonos	alerteémoos	alerteémoslos, alerteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alertead	dative	alerteadme	not used	alerteadle	alerteadnos	alerteaos	alerteadles
	accusative	alerteadme	not used	alerteadlo, alerteadla	alerteadnos	alerteaos	alerteadlos, alerteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alerteen	dative	alertéenme	not used	alertéenle	alertéennos	not used	alertéenles, alertéense
	accusative	alertéenme	not used	alertéenlo, alertéenla	alertéennos	not used	alertéenlos, alertéenlas, alertéense

Related terms

• alerta

Further reading

• “alertear”, 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