ligotear

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liɡoteˈaɾ/ [li.ɣ̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: li‧go‧te‧ar

Verb

ligotear (first-person singular present ligoteo, first-person singular preterite ligoteé, past participle ligoteado)

(informal) to hook up, pick up
- 2021 October 25, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Detenido un falso modelo que intentó ligar con 1.606 mujeres por internet para publicar sus fotos íntimas”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 11 January 2023:
  “Dedicaba todo su tiempo a chatear y ligotear haciéndose pasar por chicos guapos”, dice el inspector jefe Roberto Fernández, jefe de la sección de Redes de la Unidad central de Ciberdelincuencia.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ligotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ligotear
gerund			ligoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ligoteado		ligoteada
		plural		ligoteados		ligoteadas
		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	ligoteo	ligoteas^{^tú} ligoteás^{^vos}	ligotea	ligoteamos	ligoteáis	ligotean
	imperfect	ligoteaba	ligoteabas	ligoteaba	ligoteábamos	ligoteabais	ligoteaban
	preterite	ligoteé	ligoteaste	ligoteó	ligoteamos	ligoteasteis	ligotearon
	future	ligotearé	ligotearás	ligoteará	ligotearemos	ligotearéis	ligotearán
	conditional	ligotearía	ligotearías	ligotearía	ligotearíamos	ligotearíais	ligotearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ligotee	ligotees^{^tú} ligoteés^{^vos²}	ligotee	ligoteemos	ligoteéis	ligoteen
	imperfect (ra)	ligoteara	ligotearas	ligoteara	ligoteáramos	ligotearais	ligotearan
	imperfect (se)	ligotease	ligoteases	ligotease	ligoteásemos	ligoteaseis	ligoteasen
	future¹	ligoteare	ligoteares	ligoteare	ligoteáremos	ligoteareis	ligotearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ligotea^{^tú} ligoteá^{^vos}	ligotee	ligoteemos	ligotead	ligoteen
	negative		no ligotees	no ligotee	no ligoteemos	no ligoteéis	no ligoteen

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

Selected combined forms of ligotear

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 ligotear	dative	ligotearme	ligotearte	ligotearle, ligotearse	ligotearnos	ligotearos	ligotearles, ligotearse
with infinitive ligotear	accusative	ligotearme	ligotearte	ligotearlo, ligotearla, ligotearse	ligotearnos	ligotearos	ligotearlos, ligotearlas, ligotearse

with gerund ligoteando	dative	ligoteándome	ligoteándote	ligoteándole, ligoteándose	ligoteándonos	ligoteándoos	ligoteándoles, ligoteándose
with gerund ligoteando	accusative	ligoteándome	ligoteándote	ligoteándolo, ligoteándola, ligoteándose	ligoteándonos	ligoteándoos	ligoteándolos, ligoteándolas, ligoteándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ligotea	dative	ligotéame	ligotéate	ligotéale	ligotéanos	not used	ligotéales
	accusative	ligotéame	ligotéate	ligotéalo, ligotéala	ligotéanos	not used	ligotéalos, ligotéalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ligoteá	dative	ligoteame	ligoteate	ligoteale	ligoteanos	not used	ligoteales
	accusative	ligoteame	ligoteate	ligotealo, ligoteala	ligoteanos	not used	ligotealos, ligotealas

with formal second-person singular imperative ligotee	dative	ligotéeme	not used	ligotéele, ligotéese	ligotéenos	not used	ligotéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative ligotee	accusative	ligotéeme	not used	ligotéelo, ligotéela, ligotéese	ligotéenos	not used	ligotéelos, ligotéelas

with first-person plural imperative ligoteemos	dative	not used	ligoteémoste	ligoteémosle	ligoteémonos	ligoteémoos	ligoteémosles
with first-person plural imperative ligoteemos	accusative	not used	ligoteémoste	ligoteémoslo, ligoteémosla	ligoteémonos	ligoteémoos	ligoteémoslos, ligoteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ligotead	dative	ligoteadme	not used	ligoteadle	ligoteadnos	ligoteaos	ligoteadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ligotead	accusative	ligoteadme	not used	ligoteadlo, ligoteadla	ligoteadnos	ligoteaos	ligoteadlos, ligoteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ligoteen	dative	ligotéenme	not used	ligotéenle	ligotéennos	not used	ligotéenles, ligotéense
with formal second-person plural imperative ligoteen	accusative	ligotéenme	not used	ligotéenlo, ligotéenla	ligotéennos	not used	ligotéenlos, ligotéenlas, ligotéense

Derived terms

ligoteo