testear

Spanish

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English test.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testeˈaɾ/ [t̪es.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tes‧te‧ar

Verb

testear (first-person singular present testeo, first-person singular preterite testeé, past participle testeado)

1. (Bolivia, Southern Cone, transitive) to test (an object)

   Synonyms: probar, testar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of testear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			testear
gerund			testeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		testeado		testeada
		plural		testeados		testeadas
		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	testeo	testeastú testeásvos	testea	testeamos	testeáis	testean
	imperfect	testeaba	testeabas	testeaba	testeábamos	testeabais	testeaban
	preterite	testeé	testeaste	testeó	testeamos	testeasteis	testearon
	future	testearé	testearás	testeará	testearemos	testearéis	testearán
	conditional	testearía	testearías	testearía	testearíamos	testearíais	testearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	testee	testeestú testeésvos2	testee	testeemos	testeéis	testeen
	imperfect (ra)	testeara	testearas	testeara	testeáramos	testearais	testearan
	imperfect (se)	testease	testeases	testease	testeásemos	testeaseis	testeasen
	future1	testeare	testeares	testeare	testeáremos	testeareis	testearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		testeatú testeávos	testee	testeemos	testead	testeen
	negative		no testees	no testee	no testeemos	no testeéis	no testeen

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

    Selected combined forms of testear

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 testear	dative	testearme	testearte	testearle, testearse	testearnos	testearos	testearles, testearse
	accusative	testearme	testearte	testearlo, testearla, testearse	testearnos	testearos	testearlos, testearlas, testearse
with gerund testeando	dative	testeándome	testeándote	testeándole, testeándose	testeándonos	testeándoos	testeándoles, testeándose
	accusative	testeándome	testeándote	testeándolo, testeándola, testeándose	testeándonos	testeándoos	testeándolos, testeándolas, testeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative testea	dative	testéame	testéate	testéale	testéanos	not used	testéales
	accusative	testéame	testéate	testéalo, testéala	testéanos	not used	testéalos, testéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative testeá	dative	testeame	testeate	testeale	testeanos	not used	testeales
	accusative	testeame	testeate	testealo, testeala	testeanos	not used	testealos, testealas
with formal second-person singular imperative testee	dative	testéeme	not used	testéele, testéese	testéenos	not used	testéeles
	accusative	testéeme	not used	testéelo, testéela, testéese	testéenos	not used	testéelos, testéelas
with first-person plural imperative testeemos	dative	not used	testeémoste	testeémosle	testeémonos	testeémoos	testeémosles
	accusative	not used	testeémoste	testeémoslo, testeémosla	testeémonos	testeémoos	testeémoslos, testeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative testead	dative	testeadme	not used	testeadle	testeadnos	testeaos	testeadles
	accusative	testeadme	not used	testeadlo, testeadla	testeadnos	testeaos	testeadlos, testeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative testeen	dative	testéenme	not used	testéenle	testéennos	not used	testéenles, testéense
	accusative	testéenme	not used	testéenlo, testéenla	testéennos	not used	testéenlos, testéenlas, testéense

Further reading

• “testear”, 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