cuchichear

Spanish

Etymology

Variant of cuchichiar (“sing like a patridge”), from cuchichí (“partridge's song”) (onomatopoeia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kut͡ʃit͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [ku.t͡ʃi.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧chi‧che‧ar

Verb

cuchichear (first-person singular present cuchicheo, first-person singular preterite cuchicheé, past participle cuchicheado)

1. (intransitive) to whisper

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cuchichear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cuchichear
gerund			cuchicheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cuchicheado		cuchicheada
		plural		cuchicheados		cuchicheadas
		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	cuchicheo	cuchicheastú cuchicheásvos	cuchichea	cuchicheamos	cuchicheáis	cuchichean
	imperfect	cuchicheaba	cuchicheabas	cuchicheaba	cuchicheábamos	cuchicheabais	cuchicheaban
	preterite	cuchicheé	cuchicheaste	cuchicheó	cuchicheamos	cuchicheasteis	cuchichearon
	future	cuchichearé	cuchichearás	cuchicheará	cuchichearemos	cuchichearéis	cuchichearán
	conditional	cuchichearía	cuchichearías	cuchichearía	cuchichearíamos	cuchichearíais	cuchichearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuchichee	cuchicheestú cuchicheésvos2	cuchichee	cuchicheemos	cuchicheéis	cuchicheen
	imperfect (ra)	cuchicheara	cuchichearas	cuchicheara	cuchicheáramos	cuchichearais	cuchichearan
	imperfect (se)	cuchichease	cuchicheases	cuchichease	cuchicheásemos	cuchicheaseis	cuchicheasen
	future1	cuchicheare	cuchicheares	cuchicheare	cuchicheáremos	cuchicheareis	cuchichearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cuchicheatú cuchicheávos	cuchichee	cuchicheemos	cuchichead	cuchicheen
	negative		no cuchichees	no cuchichee	no cuchicheemos	no cuchicheéis	no cuchicheen

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

    Selected combined forms of cuchichear

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 cuchichear
	dative	cuchichearme	cuchichearte	cuchichearle, cuchichearse	cuchichearnos	cuchichearos	cuchichearles, cuchichearse
	accusative	cuchichearme	cuchichearte	cuchichearlo, cuchichearla, cuchichearse	cuchichearnos	cuchichearos	cuchichearlos, cuchichearlas, cuchichearse
with gerund cuchicheando
	dative	cuchicheándome	cuchicheándote	cuchicheándole, cuchicheándose	cuchicheándonos	cuchicheándoos	cuchicheándoles, cuchicheándose
	accusative	cuchicheándome	cuchicheándote	cuchicheándolo, cuchicheándola, cuchicheándose	cuchicheándonos	cuchicheándoos	cuchicheándolos, cuchicheándolas, cuchicheándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cuchichea
	dative	cuchichéame	cuchichéate	cuchichéale	cuchichéanos	not used	cuchichéales
	accusative	cuchichéame	cuchichéate	cuchichéalo, cuchichéala	cuchichéanos	not used	cuchichéalos, cuchichéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cuchicheá
	dative	cuchicheame	cuchicheate	cuchicheale	cuchicheanos	not used	cuchicheales
	accusative	cuchicheame	cuchicheate	cuchichealo, cuchicheala	cuchicheanos	not used	cuchichealos, cuchichealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cuchichee
	dative	cuchichéeme	not used	cuchichéele, cuchichéese	cuchichéenos	not used	cuchichéeles
	accusative	cuchichéeme	not used	cuchichéelo, cuchichéela, cuchichéese	cuchichéenos	not used	cuchichéelos, cuchichéelas
with first-person plural imperative cuchicheemos
	dative	not used	cuchicheémoste	cuchicheémosle	cuchicheémonos	cuchicheémoos	cuchicheémosles
	accusative	not used	cuchicheémoste	cuchicheémoslo, cuchicheémosla	cuchicheémonos	cuchicheémoos	cuchicheémoslos, cuchicheémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cuchichead
	dative	cuchicheadme	not used	cuchicheadle	cuchicheadnos	cuchicheaos	cuchicheadles
	accusative	cuchicheadme	not used	cuchicheadlo, cuchicheadla	cuchicheadnos	cuchicheaos	cuchicheadlos, cuchicheadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cuchicheen
	dative	cuchichéenme	not used	cuchichéenle	cuchichéennos	not used	cuchichéenles, cuchichéense
	accusative	cuchichéenme	not used	cuchichéenlo, cuchichéenla	cuchichéennos	not used	cuchichéenlos, cuchichéenlas, cuchichéense

Derived terms

• cuchicheo

 

Further reading

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