cosquillear

Spanish

Etymology

From cosquillas +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koskiʝeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʝeˈaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /koskiʝeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʝeˈaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /koskiʎeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʎeˈaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koskiʃeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʃeˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koskiʒeˈaɾ/ [kos.ki.ʒeˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cos‧qui‧lle‧ar

Verb

cosquillear (first-person singular present cosquilleo, first-person singular preterite cosquilleé, past participle cosquilleado)

1. to tickle

   Synonym: hacer cosquillas

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cosquillear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cosquillear
gerund			cosquilleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cosquilleado		cosquilleada
		plural		cosquilleados		cosquilleadas
		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	cosquilleo	cosquilleastú cosquilleásvos	cosquillea	cosquilleamos	cosquilleáis	cosquillean
	imperfect	cosquilleaba	cosquilleabas	cosquilleaba	cosquilleábamos	cosquilleabais	cosquilleaban
	preterite	cosquilleé	cosquilleaste	cosquilleó	cosquilleamos	cosquilleasteis	cosquillearon
	future	cosquillearé	cosquillearás	cosquilleará	cosquillearemos	cosquillearéis	cosquillearán
	conditional	cosquillearía	cosquillearías	cosquillearía	cosquillearíamos	cosquillearíais	cosquillearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cosquillee	cosquilleestú cosquilleésvos2	cosquillee	cosquilleemos	cosquilleéis	cosquilleen
	imperfect (ra)	cosquilleara	cosquillearas	cosquilleara	cosquilleáramos	cosquillearais	cosquillearan
	imperfect (se)	cosquillease	cosquilleases	cosquillease	cosquilleásemos	cosquilleaseis	cosquilleasen
	future1	cosquilleare	cosquilleares	cosquilleare	cosquilleáremos	cosquilleareis	cosquillearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cosquilleatú cosquilleávos	cosquillee	cosquilleemos	cosquillead	cosquilleen
	negative		no cosquillees	no cosquillee	no cosquilleemos	no cosquilleéis	no cosquilleen

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

    Selected combined forms of cosquillear

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 cosquillear	dative	cosquillearme	cosquillearte	cosquillearle, cosquillearse	cosquillearnos	cosquillearos	cosquillearles, cosquillearse
	accusative	cosquillearme	cosquillearte	cosquillearlo, cosquillearla, cosquillearse	cosquillearnos	cosquillearos	cosquillearlos, cosquillearlas, cosquillearse
with gerund cosquilleando	dative	cosquilleándome	cosquilleándote	cosquilleándole, cosquilleándose	cosquilleándonos	cosquilleándoos	cosquilleándoles, cosquilleándose
	accusative	cosquilleándome	cosquilleándote	cosquilleándolo, cosquilleándola, cosquilleándose	cosquilleándonos	cosquilleándoos	cosquilleándolos, cosquilleándolas, cosquilleándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cosquillea	dative	cosquilléame	cosquilléate	cosquilléale	cosquilléanos	not used	cosquilléales
	accusative	cosquilléame	cosquilléate	cosquilléalo, cosquilléala	cosquilléanos	not used	cosquilléalos, cosquilléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cosquilleá	dative	cosquilleame	cosquilleate	cosquilleale	cosquilleanos	not used	cosquilleales
	accusative	cosquilleame	cosquilleate	cosquillealo, cosquilleala	cosquilleanos	not used	cosquillealos, cosquillealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cosquillee	dative	cosquilléeme	not used	cosquilléele, cosquilléese	cosquilléenos	not used	cosquilléeles
	accusative	cosquilléeme	not used	cosquilléelo, cosquilléela, cosquilléese	cosquilléenos	not used	cosquilléelos, cosquilléelas
with first-person plural imperative cosquilleemos	dative	not used	cosquilleémoste	cosquilleémosle	cosquilleémonos	cosquilleémoos	cosquilleémosles
	accusative	not used	cosquilleémoste	cosquilleémoslo, cosquilleémosla	cosquilleémonos	cosquilleémoos	cosquilleémoslos, cosquilleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cosquillead	dative	cosquilleadme	not used	cosquilleadle	cosquilleadnos	cosquilleaos	cosquilleadles
	accusative	cosquilleadme	not used	cosquilleadlo, cosquilleadla	cosquilleadnos	cosquilleaos	cosquilleadlos, cosquilleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cosquilleen	dative	cosquilléenme	not used	cosquilléenle	cosquilléennos	not used	cosquilléenles, cosquilléense
	accusative	cosquilléenme	not used	cosquilléenlo, cosquilléenla	cosquilléennos	not used	cosquilléenlos, cosquilléenlas, cosquilléense

Derived terms

• cosquilleo

Related terms

• cosquillas
• cosquilloso

Further reading

• “cosquillear”, 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