carraspear

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karaspeˈaɾ/ [ka.ras.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧rras‧pe‧ar

Verb

carraspear (first-person singular present carraspeo, first-person singular preterite carraspeé, past participle carraspeado)

1. (intransitive) to clear one’s throat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carraspear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carraspear
gerund			carraspeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carraspeado		carraspeada
		plural		carraspeados		carraspeadas
		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	carraspeo	carraspeastú carraspeásvos	carraspea	carraspeamos	carraspeáis	carraspean
	imperfect	carraspeaba	carraspeabas	carraspeaba	carraspeábamos	carraspeabais	carraspeaban
	preterite	carraspeé	carraspeaste	carraspeó	carraspeamos	carraspeasteis	carraspearon
	future	carraspearé	carraspearás	carraspeará	carraspearemos	carraspearéis	carraspearán
	conditional	carraspearía	carraspearías	carraspearía	carraspearíamos	carraspearíais	carraspearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carraspee	carraspeestú carraspeésvos2	carraspee	carraspeemos	carraspeéis	carraspeen
	imperfect (ra)	carraspeara	carraspearas	carraspeara	carraspeáramos	carraspearais	carraspearan
	imperfect (se)	carraspease	carraspeases	carraspease	carraspeásemos	carraspeaseis	carraspeasen
	future1	carraspeare	carraspeares	carraspeare	carraspeáremos	carraspeareis	carraspearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carraspeatú carraspeávos	carraspee	carraspeemos	carraspead	carraspeen
	negative		no carraspees	no carraspee	no carraspeemos	no carraspeéis	no carraspeen

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

Derived terms

• carraspeo

 

Further reading

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