tactar
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɡˈtaɾ/ [t̪aɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tac‧tar
Verb
tactar (first-person singular present tacto, first-person singular preterite tacté, past participle tactado) (Guatemala, transitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tactar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tactando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tactado | tactada | |||||
| plural | tactados | tactadas | |||||
| 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 | tacto | tactastú tactásvos |
tacta | tactamos | tactáis | tactan | |
| imperfect | tactaba | tactabas | tactaba | tactábamos | tactabais | tactaban | |
| preterite | tacté | tactaste | tactó | tactamos | tactasteis | tactaron | |
| future | tactaré | tactarás | tactará | tactaremos | tactaréis | tactarán | |
| conditional | tactaría | tactarías | tactaría | tactaríamos | tactaríais | tactarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tacte | tactestú tactésvos2 |
tacte | tactemos | tactéis | tacten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
tactara | tactaras | tactara | tactáramos | tactarais | tactaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
tactase | tactases | tactase | tactásemos | tactaseis | tactasen | |
| future1 | tactare | tactares | tactare | tactáremos | tactareis | tactaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | tactatú tactávos |
tacte | tactemos | tactad | tacten | ||
| negative | no tactes | no tacte | no tactemos | no tactéis | no tacten | ||
Selected combined forms of tactar
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 tactar | dative | tactarme | tactarte | tactarle, tactarse | tactarnos | tactaros | tactarles, tactarse |
| accusative | tactarme | tactarte | tactarlo, tactarla, tactarse | tactarnos | tactaros | tactarlos, tactarlas, tactarse | |
| with gerund tactando | dative | tactándome | tactándote | tactándole, tactándose | tactándonos | tactándoos | tactándoles, tactándose |
| accusative | tactándome | tactándote | tactándolo, tactándola, tactándose | tactándonos | tactándoos | tactándolos, tactándolas, tactándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tacta | dative | táctame | táctate | táctale | táctanos | not used | táctales |
| accusative | táctame | táctate | táctalo, táctala | táctanos | not used | táctalos, táctalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tactá | dative | tactame | tactate | tactale | tactanos | not used | tactales |
| accusative | tactame | tactate | tactalo, tactala | tactanos | not used | tactalos, tactalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tacte | dative | tácteme | not used | táctele, táctese | táctenos | not used | tácteles |
| accusative | tácteme | not used | táctelo, táctela, táctese | táctenos | not used | táctelos, táctelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tactemos | dative | not used | tactémoste | tactémosle | tactémonos | tactémoos | tactémosles |
| accusative | not used | tactémoste | tactémoslo, tactémosla | tactémonos | tactémoos | tactémoslos, tactémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tactad | dative | tactadme | not used | tactadle | tactadnos | tactaos | tactadles |
| accusative | tactadme | not used | tactadlo, tactadla | tactadnos | tactaos | tactadlos, tactadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tacten | dative | táctenme | not used | táctenle | táctennos | not used | táctenles, táctense |
| accusative | táctenme | not used | táctenlo, táctenla | táctennos | not used | táctenlos, táctenlas, táctense | |
Further reading
- “tactar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010