contonear

Spanish

Verb

contonear (first-person singular present contoneo, first-person singular preterite contoneé, past participle contoneado)

1. to contour
2. to wiggle
3. (reflexive) to wiggle, swagger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contonear
gerund			contoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contoneado		contoneada
		plural		contoneados		contoneadas
		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	contoneo	contoneastú contoneásvos	contonea	contoneamos	contoneáis	contonean
	imperfect	contoneaba	contoneabas	contoneaba	contoneábamos	contoneabais	contoneaban
	preterite	contoneé	contoneaste	contoneó	contoneamos	contoneasteis	contonearon
	future	contonearé	contonearás	contoneará	contonearemos	contonearéis	contonearán
	conditional	contonearía	contonearías	contonearía	contonearíamos	contonearíais	contonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contonee	contoneestú contoneésvos2	contonee	contoneemos	contoneéis	contoneen
	imperfect (ra)	contoneara	contonearas	contoneara	contoneáramos	contonearais	contonearan
	imperfect (se)	contonease	contoneases	contonease	contoneásemos	contoneaseis	contoneasen
	future1	contoneare	contoneares	contoneare	contoneáremos	contoneareis	contonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contoneatú contoneávos	contonee	contoneemos	contonead	contoneen
	negative		no contonees	no contonee	no contoneemos	no contoneéis	no contoneen

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

Related terms

• contoneo

 

Further reading

• “contonear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014