charlatanear

Spanish

Etymology

From the adjective charlatán (“talking humorously”), from Italian ciarlatano (“charlatan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾlataneˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃaɾ.la.t̪a.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: char‧la‧ta‧ne‧ar

Verb

charlatanear (first-person singular present charlataneo, first-person singular preterite charlataneé, past participle charlataneado)

1. (intransitive) to chatter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of charlatanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			charlatanear
gerund			charlataneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		charlataneado		charlataneada
		plural		charlataneados		charlataneadas
		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	charlataneo	charlataneastú charlataneásvos	charlatanea	charlataneamos	charlataneáis	charlatanean
	imperfect	charlataneaba	charlataneabas	charlataneaba	charlataneábamos	charlataneabais	charlataneaban
	preterite	charlataneé	charlataneaste	charlataneó	charlataneamos	charlataneasteis	charlatanearon
	future	charlatanearé	charlatanearás	charlataneará	charlatanearemos	charlatanearéis	charlatanearán
	conditional	charlatanearía	charlatanearías	charlatanearía	charlatanearíamos	charlatanearíais	charlatanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	charlatanee	charlataneestú charlataneésvos2	charlatanee	charlataneemos	charlataneéis	charlataneen
	imperfect (ra)	charlataneara	charlatanearas	charlataneara	charlataneáramos	charlatanearais	charlatanearan
	imperfect (se)	charlatanease	charlataneases	charlatanease	charlataneásemos	charlataneaseis	charlataneasen
	future1	charlataneare	charlataneares	charlataneare	charlataneáremos	charlataneareis	charlatanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		charlataneatú charlataneávos	charlatanee	charlataneemos	charlatanead	charlataneen
	negative		no charlatanees	no charlatanee	no charlataneemos	no charlataneéis	no charlataneen

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

Further reading

• “charlatanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28