botonear

Spanish

Etymology

From botón +‎ -ear

Verb

botonear (first-person singular present botoneo, first-person singular preterite botoneé, past participle botoneado)

1. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to rat on; to squeal on
2. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to belittle
3. (intransitive, Cuba) to bud

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			botonear
gerund			botoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		botoneado		botoneada
		plural		botoneados		botoneadas
		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	botoneo	botoneastú botoneásvos	botonea	botoneamos	botoneáis	botonean
	imperfect	botoneaba	botoneabas	botoneaba	botoneábamos	botoneabais	botoneaban
	preterite	botoneé	botoneaste	botoneó	botoneamos	botoneasteis	botonearon
	future	botonearé	botonearás	botoneará	botonearemos	botonearéis	botonearán
	conditional	botonearía	botonearías	botonearía	botonearíamos	botonearíais	botonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	botonee	botoneestú botoneésvos2	botonee	botoneemos	botoneéis	botoneen
	imperfect (ra)	botoneara	botonearas	botoneara	botoneáramos	botonearais	botonearan
	imperfect (se)	botonease	botoneases	botonease	botoneásemos	botoneaseis	botoneasen
	future1	botoneare	botoneares	botoneare	botoneáremos	botoneareis	botonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		botoneatú botoneávos	botonee	botoneemos	botonead	botoneen
	negative		no botonees	no botonee	no botoneemos	no botoneéis	no botoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of botonear

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 botonear	dative	botonearme	botonearte	botonearle, botonearse	botonearnos	botonearos	botonearles, botonearse
	accusative	botonearme	botonearte	botonearlo, botonearla, botonearse	botonearnos	botonearos	botonearlos, botonearlas, botonearse
with gerund botoneando	dative	botoneándome	botoneándote	botoneándole, botoneándose	botoneándonos	botoneándoos	botoneándoles, botoneándose
	accusative	botoneándome	botoneándote	botoneándolo, botoneándola, botoneándose	botoneándonos	botoneándoos	botoneándolos, botoneándolas, botoneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative botonea	dative	botonéame	botonéate	botonéale	botonéanos	not used	botonéales
	accusative	botonéame	botonéate	botonéalo, botonéala	botonéanos	not used	botonéalos, botonéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative botoneá	dative	botoneame	botoneate	botoneale	botoneanos	not used	botoneales
	accusative	botoneame	botoneate	botonealo, botoneala	botoneanos	not used	botonealos, botonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative botonee	dative	botonéeme	not used	botonéele, botonéese	botonéenos	not used	botonéeles
	accusative	botonéeme	not used	botonéelo, botonéela, botonéese	botonéenos	not used	botonéelos, botonéelas
with first-person plural imperative botoneemos	dative	not used	botoneémoste	botoneémosle	botoneémonos	botoneémoos	botoneémosles
	accusative	not used	botoneémoste	botoneémoslo, botoneémosla	botoneémonos	botoneémoos	botoneémoslos, botoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative botonead	dative	botoneadme	not used	botoneadle	botoneadnos	botoneaos	botoneadles
	accusative	botoneadme	not used	botoneadlo, botoneadla	botoneadnos	botoneaos	botoneadlos, botoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative botoneen	dative	botonéenme	not used	botonéenle	botonéennos	not used	botonéenles, botonéense
	accusative	botonéenme	not used	botonéenlo, botonéenla	botonéennos	not used	botonéenlos, botonéenlas, botonéense

Further reading

• “botonear”, 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