vetear

Spanish

Etymology

From veta +‎ -ear.

Verb

vetear (first-person singular present veteo, first-person singular preterite veteé, past participle veteado)

1. to make or paint veins or streaks

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vetear
gerund			veteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		veteado		veteada
		plural		veteados		veteadas
		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	veteo	veteastú veteásvos	vetea	veteamos	veteáis	vetean
	imperfect	veteaba	veteabas	veteaba	veteábamos	veteabais	veteaban
	preterite	veteé	veteaste	veteó	veteamos	veteasteis	vetearon
	future	vetearé	vetearás	veteará	vetearemos	vetearéis	vetearán
	conditional	vetearía	vetearías	vetearía	vetearíamos	vetearíais	vetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vetee	veteestú veteésvos2	vetee	veteemos	veteéis	veteen
	imperfect (ra)	veteara	vetearas	veteara	veteáramos	vetearais	vetearan
	imperfect (se)	vetease	veteases	vetease	veteásemos	veteaseis	veteasen
	future1	veteare	veteares	veteare	veteáremos	veteareis	vetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		veteatú veteávos	vetee	veteemos	vetead	veteen
	negative		no vetees	no vetee	no veteemos	no veteéis	no veteen

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

Further reading

• “vetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28