fletear

Spanish

Etymology

From flete +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleteˈaɾ/ [fle.t̪eˈaɾ]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fle‧te‧ar

Verb

fletear (first-person singular present fleteo, first-person singular preterite fleteé, past participle fleteado)

1. (intransitive, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Ecuador) to transport loads for a fee
2. (intransitive, Cuba) (of a prostitute) to work the streets
3. (transitive, Guatemala, Honduras) to charter

   Synonym: fletar

4. (transitive, Honduras) (of male animals) to mount

   Synonym: montar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fletear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fletear
gerund			fleteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fleteado		fleteada
		plural		fleteados		fleteadas
		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	fleteo	fleteastú fleteásvos	fletea	fleteamos	fleteáis	fletean
	imperfect	fleteaba	fleteabas	fleteaba	fleteábamos	fleteabais	fleteaban
	preterite	fleteé	fleteaste	fleteó	fleteamos	fleteasteis	fletearon
	future	fletearé	fletearás	fleteará	fletearemos	fletearéis	fletearán
	conditional	fletearía	fletearías	fletearía	fletearíamos	fletearíais	fletearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fletee	fleteestú fleteésvos2	fletee	fleteemos	fleteéis	fleteen
	imperfect (ra)	fleteara	fletearas	fleteara	fleteáramos	fletearais	fletearan
	imperfect (se)	fletease	fleteases	fletease	fleteásemos	fleteaseis	fleteasen
	future1	fleteare	fleteares	fleteare	fleteáremos	fleteareis	fletearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fleteatú fleteávos	fletee	fleteemos	fletead	fleteen
	negative		no fletees	no fletee	no fleteemos	no fleteéis	no fleteen

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

    Selected combined forms of fletear

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 fletear	dative	fletearme	fletearte	fletearle, fletearse	fletearnos	fletearos	fletearles, fletearse
	accusative	fletearme	fletearte	fletearlo, fletearla, fletearse	fletearnos	fletearos	fletearlos, fletearlas, fletearse
with gerund fleteando	dative	fleteándome	fleteándote	fleteándole, fleteándose	fleteándonos	fleteándoos	fleteándoles, fleteándose
	accusative	fleteándome	fleteándote	fleteándolo, fleteándola, fleteándose	fleteándonos	fleteándoos	fleteándolos, fleteándolas, fleteándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative fletea	dative	fletéame	fletéate	fletéale	fletéanos	not used	fletéales
	accusative	fletéame	fletéate	fletéalo, fletéala	fletéanos	not used	fletéalos, fletéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fleteá	dative	fleteame	fleteate	fleteale	fleteanos	not used	fleteales
	accusative	fleteame	fleteate	fletealo, fleteala	fleteanos	not used	fletealos, fletealas
with formal second-person singular imperative fletee	dative	fletéeme	not used	fletéele, fletéese	fletéenos	not used	fletéeles
	accusative	fletéeme	not used	fletéelo, fletéela, fletéese	fletéenos	not used	fletéelos, fletéelas
with first-person plural imperative fleteemos	dative	not used	fleteémoste	fleteémosle	fleteémonos	fleteémoos	fleteémosles
	accusative	not used	fleteémoste	fleteémoslo, fleteémosla	fleteémonos	fleteémoos	fleteémoslos, fleteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fletead	dative	fleteadme	not used	fleteadle	fleteadnos	fleteaos	fleteadles
	accusative	fleteadme	not used	fleteadlo, fleteadla	fleteadnos	fleteaos	fleteadlos, fleteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fleteen	dative	fletéenme	not used	fletéenle	fletéennos	not used	fletéenles, fletéense
	accusative	fletéenme	not used	fletéenlo, fletéenla	fletéennos	not used	fletéenlos, fletéenlas, fletéense

Derived terms

• fleteo

Related terms

• fletera
• fletero

Further reading

• “fletear”, 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
• “fletear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010