parlotear

Spanish

Etymology

From Provençal parlar (“to speak”) (from Medieval Latin parabolāre) + Spanish derogatory suffix -otear. Compare English palaver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾloteˈaɾ/ [paɾ.lo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: par‧lo‧te‧ar

Verb

parlotear (first-person singular present parloteo, first-person singular preterite parloteé, past participle parloteado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to babble, prattle, blabber, gab, waffle, jabber, rattle, yap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parlotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			parlotear
gerund			parloteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parloteado		parloteada
		plural		parloteados		parloteadas
		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	parloteo	parloteastú parloteásvos	parlotea	parloteamos	parloteáis	parlotean
	imperfect	parloteaba	parloteabas	parloteaba	parloteábamos	parloteabais	parloteaban
	preterite	parloteé	parloteaste	parloteó	parloteamos	parloteasteis	parlotearon
	future	parlotearé	parlotearás	parloteará	parlotearemos	parlotearéis	parlotearán
	conditional	parlotearía	parlotearías	parlotearía	parlotearíamos	parlotearíais	parlotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	parlotee	parloteestú parloteésvos2	parlotee	parloteemos	parloteéis	parloteen
	imperfect (ra)	parloteara	parlotearas	parloteara	parloteáramos	parlotearais	parlotearan
	imperfect (se)	parlotease	parloteases	parlotease	parloteásemos	parloteaseis	parloteasen
	future1	parloteare	parloteares	parloteare	parloteáremos	parloteareis	parlotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		parloteatú parloteávos	parlotee	parloteemos	parlotead	parloteen
	negative		no parlotees	no parlotee	no parloteemos	no parloteéis	no parloteen

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

Related terms

• palabra
• parlar

 

Further reading

• “parlotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10