percatar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾkaˈtaɾ/ [peɾ.kaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧ca‧tar

Verb

percatar (first-person singular present percato, first-person singular preterite percaté, past participle percatado)

1. (transitive, archaic) to notice, to observe

   Synonyms: coscarse, observar

2. (reflexive) to take into account, to note

   Synonym: tomar en cuenta

Conjugation

    Conjugation of percatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			percatar
gerund			percatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		percatado		percatada
		plural		percatados		percatadas
		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	percato	percatastú percatásvos	percata	percatamos	percatáis	percatan
	imperfect	percataba	percatabas	percataba	percatábamos	percatabais	percataban
	preterite	percaté	percataste	percató	percatamos	percatasteis	percataron
	future	percataré	percatarás	percatará	percataremos	percataréis	percatarán
	conditional	percataría	percatarías	percataría	percataríamos	percataríais	percatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	percate	percatestú percatésvos2	percate	percatemos	percatéis	percaten
	imperfect (ra)	percatara	percataras	percatara	percatáramos	percatarais	percataran
	imperfect (se)	percatase	percatases	percatase	percatásemos	percataseis	percatasen
	future1	percatare	percatares	percatare	percatáremos	percatareis	percataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		percatatú percatávos	percate	percatemos	percatad	percaten
	negative		no percates	no percate	no percatemos	no percatéis	no percaten

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

    Selected combined forms of percatar

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 percatar	dative	percatarme	percatarte	percatarle, percatarse	percatarnos	percataros	percatarles, percatarse
	accusative	percatarme	percatarte	percatarlo, percatarla, percatarse	percatarnos	percataros	percatarlos, percatarlas, percatarse
with gerund percatando	dative	percatándome	percatándote	percatándole, percatándose	percatándonos	percatándoos	percatándoles, percatándose
	accusative	percatándome	percatándote	percatándolo, percatándola, percatándose	percatándonos	percatándoos	percatándolos, percatándolas, percatándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative percata	dative	percátame	percátate	percátale	percátanos	not used	percátales
	accusative	percátame	percátate	percátalo, percátala	percátanos	not used	percátalos, percátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative percatá	dative	percatame	percatate	percatale	percatanos	not used	percatales
	accusative	percatame	percatate	percatalo, percatala	percatanos	not used	percatalos, percatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative percate	dative	percáteme	not used	percátele, percátese	percátenos	not used	percáteles
	accusative	percáteme	not used	percátelo, percátela, percátese	percátenos	not used	percátelos, percátelas
with first-person plural imperative percatemos	dative	not used	percatémoste	percatémosle	percatémonos	percatémoos	percatémosles
	accusative	not used	percatémoste	percatémoslo, percatémosla	percatémonos	percatémoos	percatémoslos, percatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative percatad	dative	percatadme	not used	percatadle	percatadnos	percataos	percatadles
	accusative	percatadme	not used	percatadlo, percatadla	percatadnos	percataos	percatadlos, percatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative percaten	dative	percátenme	not used	percátenle	percátennos	not used	percátenles, percátense
	accusative	percátenme	not used	percátenlo, percátenla	percátennos	not used	percátenlos, percátenlas, percátense

Further reading

• “percatar”, 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