petatearse
Spanish
Etymology
From petate + -ear, because such mat or carpet was used by poor people to wrap a corpse. The reflexive form is an influence of morirse.
Verb
petatearse (first-person singular present me petateo, first-person singular preterite me petateé, past participle petateado)
- (colloquial, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, pronominal) to die
- Synonyms: morir, colgar los tenis, palmar
Conjugation
Conjugation of petatearse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | petatearse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | petateándose | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | petateado | petateada | |||||
| plural | petateados | petateadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| infinitive | petatearme | petatearte | petatearse | petatearnos | petatearos | petatearse | |
| gerund | petateándome | petateándote | petateándose | petateándonos | petateándoos | petateándose | |
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me petateo | te petateastú te petateásvos |
se petatea | nos petateamos | os petateáis | se petatean | |
| imperfect | me petateaba | te petateabas | se petateaba | nos petateábamos | os petateabais | se petateaban | |
| preterite | me petateé | te petateaste | se petateó | nos petateamos | os petateasteis | se petatearon | |
| future | me petatearé | te petatearás | se petateará | nos petatearemos | os petatearéis | se petatearán | |
| conditional | me petatearía | te petatearías | se petatearía | nos petatearíamos | os petatearíais | se petatearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me petatee | te petateestú te petateésvos2 |
se petatee | nos petateemos | os petateéis | se petateen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
me petateara | te petatearas | se petateara | nos petateáramos | os petatearais | se petatearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
me petatease | te petateases | se petatease | nos petateásemos | os petateaseis | se petateasen | |
| future1 | me petateare | te petateares | se petateare | nos petateáremos | os petateareis | se petatearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | petatéatetú petateatevos |
petatéese | petateémonos | petateaos | petatéense | ||
| negative | no te petatees | no se petatee | no nos petateemos | no os petateéis | no se petateen | ||
Further reading
- “petatearse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025