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regatear conjugation

to haggle/dribbleA2regular-ar

Regatear means ‘to haggle/dribble’. It is a regular -ar verb: regateo (present), regateé (preterite), regateado (past participle), regateando (gerund).

Regatear in use

  • Mi tío regatea siempre que compra algoMy uncle always haggles when he buys something
  • No regateamos porque el precio era justoWe didn't haggle because the price was fair
  • El delantero regateó a tres defensas y marcóThe striker dribbled past three defenders and scored
On this pageIndicative

Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

yoregateo
túregateas
él/ella/ustedregatea
nosotrosregateamos
vosotrosregateáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesregatean
Regular
-ar verb: take the stem regate- and add the -ar endings.

Preterite

yoregateé
túregateaste
él/ella/ustedregateó
nosotrosregateamos
vosotrosregateasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesregatearon

Imperfect

yoregateaba
túregateabas
él/ella/ustedregateaba
nosotrosregateábamos
vosotrosregateabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesregateaban

Future

yoregatearé
túregatearás
él/ella/ustedregateará
nosotrosregatearemos
vosotrosregatearéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesregatearán

Conditional

yoregatearía
túregatearías
él/ella/ustedregatearía
nosotrosregatearíamos
vosotrosregatearíais
ellos/ellas/ustedesregatearían
regateando
used in the present progressive
regateado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

yohe regateado
túhas regateado
él/ella/ustedha regateado
nosotroshemos regateado
vosotroshabéis regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan regateado

Present subjunctive

yoregatee
túregatees
él/ella/ustedregatee
nosotrosregateemos
vosotrosregateéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesregateen

Imperative

yo-
túregatea
él/ella/ustedregatee
nosotrosregateemos
vosotrosregatead
ellos/ellas/ustedesregateen

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

yohabía regateado
túhabías regateado
él/ella/ustedhabía regateado
nosotroshabíamos regateado
vosotroshabíais regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían regateado

Future perfect

yohabré regateado
túhabrás regateado
él/ella/ustedhabrá regateado
nosotroshabremos regateado
vosotroshabréis regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán regateado

Conditional perfect

yohabría regateado
túhabrías regateado
él/ella/ustedhabría regateado
nosotroshabríamos regateado
vosotroshabríais regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían regateado

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

yoregateara
túregatearas
él/ella/ustedregateara
nosotrosregateáramos
vosotrosregatearais
ellos/ellas/ustedesregatearan

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
yoregatease
túregateases
él/ella/ustedregatease
nosotrosregateásemos
vosotrosregateaseis
ellos/ellas/ustedesregateasen

Present perfect subjunctive

yohaya regateado
túhayas regateado
él/ella/ustedhaya regateado
nosotroshayamos regateado
vosotroshayáis regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan regateado

Pluperfect subjunctive

yohubiera regateado
túhubieras regateado
él/ella/ustedhubiera regateado
nosotroshubiéramos regateado
vosotroshubierais regateado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran regateado

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More examples with regatear

  • Regatear el precioTo haggle over the price
  • Regatear en el mercadoTo haggle at the market
  • Regatear a un defensaTo dribble past a defender

Practice: regatear to haggle/dribble

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses
Imperative

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