partear

Spanish

Etymology

From parto (“birth”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾteˈaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: par‧te‧ar

Verb

partear (first-person singular present parteo, first-person singular preterite parteé, past participle parteado)

1. (transitive) to midwife

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			partear
gerund			parteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parteado		parteada
		plural		parteados		parteadas
		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	parteo	parteastú parteásvos	partea	parteamos	parteáis	partean
	imperfect	parteaba	parteabas	parteaba	parteábamos	parteabais	parteaban
	preterite	parteé	parteaste	parteó	parteamos	parteasteis	partearon
	future	partearé	partearás	parteará	partearemos	partearéis	partearán
	conditional	partearía	partearías	partearía	partearíamos	partearíais	partearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	partee	parteestú parteésvos2	partee	parteemos	parteéis	parteen
	imperfect (ra)	parteara	partearas	parteara	parteáramos	partearais	partearan
	imperfect (se)	partease	parteases	partease	parteásemos	parteaseis	parteasen
	future1	parteare	parteares	parteare	parteáremos	parteareis	partearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		parteatú parteávos	partee	parteemos	partead	parteen
	negative		no partees	no partee	no parteemos	no parteéis	no parteen

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

    Selected combined forms of partear

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 partear	dative	partearme	partearte	partearle, partearse	partearnos	partearos	partearles, partearse
	accusative	partearme	partearte	partearlo, partearla, partearse	partearnos	partearos	partearlos, partearlas, partearse
with gerund parteando	dative	parteándome	parteándote	parteándole, parteándose	parteándonos	parteándoos	parteándoles, parteándose
	accusative	parteándome	parteándote	parteándolo, parteándola, parteándose	parteándonos	parteándoos	parteándolos, parteándolas, parteándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative partea	dative	partéame	partéate	partéale	partéanos	not used	partéales
	accusative	partéame	partéate	partéalo, partéala	partéanos	not used	partéalos, partéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative parteá	dative	parteame	parteate	parteale	parteanos	not used	parteales
	accusative	parteame	parteate	partealo, parteala	parteanos	not used	partealos, partealas
with formal second-person singular imperative partee	dative	partéeme	not used	partéele, partéese	partéenos	not used	partéeles
	accusative	partéeme	not used	partéelo, partéela, partéese	partéenos	not used	partéelos, partéelas
with first-person plural imperative parteemos	dative	not used	parteémoste	parteémosle	parteémonos	parteémoos	parteémosles
	accusative	not used	parteémoste	parteémoslo, parteémosla	parteémonos	parteémoos	parteémoslos, parteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative partead	dative	parteadme	not used	parteadle	parteadnos	parteaos	parteadles
	accusative	parteadme	not used	parteadlo, parteadla	parteadnos	parteaos	parteadlos, parteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative parteen	dative	partéenme	not used	partéenle	partéennos	not used	partéenles, partéense
	accusative	partéenme	not used	partéenlo, partéenla	partéennos	not used	partéenlos, partéenlas, partéense

Further reading

• “partear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025