chisporrotear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃisporoteˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃis.po.ro.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chis‧po‧rro‧te‧ar

Verb

chisporrotear (first-person singular present chisporroteo, first-person singular preterite chisporroteé, past participle chisporroteado)

1. (intransitive) to sizzle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chisporrotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chisporrotear
gerund			chisporroteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chisporroteado		chisporroteada
		plural		chisporroteados		chisporroteadas
		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	chisporroteo	chisporroteastú chisporroteásvos	chisporrotea	chisporroteamos	chisporroteáis	chisporrotean
	imperfect	chisporroteaba	chisporroteabas	chisporroteaba	chisporroteábamos	chisporroteabais	chisporroteaban
	preterite	chisporroteé	chisporroteaste	chisporroteó	chisporroteamos	chisporroteasteis	chisporrotearon
	future	chisporrotearé	chisporrotearás	chisporroteará	chisporrotearemos	chisporrotearéis	chisporrotearán
	conditional	chisporrotearía	chisporrotearías	chisporrotearía	chisporrotearíamos	chisporrotearíais	chisporrotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chisporrotee	chisporroteestú chisporroteésvos2	chisporrotee	chisporroteemos	chisporroteéis	chisporroteen
	imperfect (ra)	chisporroteara	chisporrotearas	chisporroteara	chisporroteáramos	chisporrotearais	chisporrotearan
	imperfect (se)	chisporrotease	chisporroteases	chisporrotease	chisporroteásemos	chisporroteaseis	chisporroteasen
	future1	chisporroteare	chisporroteares	chisporroteare	chisporroteáremos	chisporroteareis	chisporrotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chisporroteatú chisporroteávos	chisporrotee	chisporroteemos	chisporrotead	chisporroteen
	negative		no chisporrotees	no chisporrotee	no chisporroteemos	no chisporroteéis	no chisporroteen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• chisporroteo

 

Further reading

• “chisporrotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28