machetear

Spanish

Etymology

From machete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/ [ma.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧che‧te‧ar

Verb

machetear (first-person singular present macheteo, first-person singular preterite macheteé, past participle macheteado)

1. (transitive) to chop with a machete
2. (Chile) to ask for money or food
3. (Argentina, slang) to cheat on a school assignment or test

Conjugation

    Conjugation of machetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			machetear
gerund			macheteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		macheteado		macheteada
		plural		macheteados		macheteadas
		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	macheteo	macheteastú macheteásvos	machetea	macheteamos	macheteáis	machetean
	imperfect	macheteaba	macheteabas	macheteaba	macheteábamos	macheteabais	macheteaban
	preterite	macheteé	macheteaste	macheteó	macheteamos	macheteasteis	machetearon
	future	machetearé	machetearás	macheteará	machetearemos	machetearéis	machetearán
	conditional	machetearía	machetearías	machetearía	machetearíamos	machetearíais	machetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	machetee	macheteestú macheteésvos2	machetee	macheteemos	macheteéis	macheteen
	imperfect (ra)	macheteara	machetearas	macheteara	macheteáramos	machetearais	machetearan
	imperfect (se)	machetease	macheteases	machetease	macheteásemos	macheteaseis	macheteasen
	future1	macheteare	macheteares	macheteare	macheteáremos	macheteareis	machetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		macheteatú macheteávos	machetee	macheteemos	machetead	macheteen
	negative		no machetees	no machetee	no macheteemos	no macheteéis	no macheteen

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

Further reading

• “machetear”, 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
• “machetear”, 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