retacear

Spanish

Verb

retacear (first-person singular present retaceo, first-person singular preterite retaceé, past participle retaceado)

1. to cut up; to cut out
2. to patch, patch together
3. to give out scraps

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retacear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			retacear
gerund			retaceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		retaceado		retaceada
		plural		retaceados		retaceadas
		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	retaceo	retaceastú retaceásvos	retacea	retaceamos	retaceáis	retacean
	imperfect	retaceaba	retaceabas	retaceaba	retaceábamos	retaceabais	retaceaban
	preterite	retaceé	retaceaste	retaceó	retaceamos	retaceasteis	retacearon
	future	retacearé	retacearás	retaceará	retacearemos	retacearéis	retacearán
	conditional	retacearía	retacearías	retacearía	retacearíamos	retacearíais	retacearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	retacee	retaceestú retaceésvos2	retacee	retaceemos	retaceéis	retaceen
	imperfect (ra)	retaceara	retacearas	retaceara	retaceáramos	retacearais	retacearan
	imperfect (se)	retacease	retaceases	retacease	retaceásemos	retaceaseis	retaceasen
	future1	retaceare	retaceares	retaceare	retaceáremos	retaceareis	retacearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		retaceatú retaceávos	retacee	retaceemos	retacead	retaceen
	negative		no retacees	no retacee	no retaceemos	no retaceéis	no retaceen

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

    Selected combined forms of retacear

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 retacear	dative	retacearme	retacearte	retacearle, retacearse	retacearnos	retacearos	retacearles, retacearse
	accusative	retacearme	retacearte	retacearlo, retacearla, retacearse	retacearnos	retacearos	retacearlos, retacearlas, retacearse
with gerund retaceando	dative	retaceándome	retaceándote	retaceándole, retaceándose	retaceándonos	retaceándoos	retaceándoles, retaceándose
	accusative	retaceándome	retaceándote	retaceándolo, retaceándola, retaceándose	retaceándonos	retaceándoos	retaceándolos, retaceándolas, retaceándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative retacea	dative	retacéame	retacéate	retacéale	retacéanos	not used	retacéales
	accusative	retacéame	retacéate	retacéalo, retacéala	retacéanos	not used	retacéalos, retacéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative retaceá	dative	retaceame	retaceate	retaceale	retaceanos	not used	retaceales
	accusative	retaceame	retaceate	retacealo, retaceala	retaceanos	not used	retacealos, retacealas
with formal second-person singular imperative retacee	dative	retacéeme	not used	retacéele, retacéese	retacéenos	not used	retacéeles
	accusative	retacéeme	not used	retacéelo, retacéela, retacéese	retacéenos	not used	retacéelos, retacéelas
with first-person plural imperative retaceemos	dative	not used	retaceémoste	retaceémosle	retaceémonos	retaceémoos	retaceémosles
	accusative	not used	retaceémoste	retaceémoslo, retaceémosla	retaceémonos	retaceémoos	retaceémoslos, retaceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative retacead	dative	retaceadme	not used	retaceadle	retaceadnos	retaceaos	retaceadles
	accusative	retaceadme	not used	retaceadlo, retaceadla	retaceadnos	retaceaos	retaceadlos, retaceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative retaceen	dative	retacéenme	not used	retacéenle	retacéennos	not used	retacéenles, retacéense
	accusative	retacéenme	not used	retacéenlo, retacéenla	retacéennos	not used	retacéenlos, retacéenlas, retacéense

Further reading

• “retacear”, 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