patear
Spanish, verb/pateˈaɾ/
patear is spelled P-A-T-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patear is a Spanish verb meaning “to kick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar golpes con los pies o patas”.
What does patear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kick
- 2
to hit
- 3
to stamp, stomp
- 4
to ditch; to dump; to break up with
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar golpes con los pies o patas. 2. En sentido figurado, causar malestares digestivos. 3. En sentido figurado, declararle a una persona de modo brusco que se ha decidido dar fin a la relación amorosa que se mantenía con ella. 4. Retrasar o postergar algo en el tiempo.
verb: 1. En sentido figurado, el golpear de la culata de un arma de fuego como reacción a un disparo. 2. Caminar, sobre todo cuando se trata de llegar a un lugar que está lejos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patear
- pateo first-person present singular
- pateé first-person preterite singular
- pateado participle past
- pateando gerund
- pateada feminine participle past
- pateados masculine participle past
- pateadas feminine participle past
- pateas indicative informal present
- pateás indicative informal present
- patea indicative present singular
- pateamos first-person indicative plural
- pateáis indicative plural present
- patean indicative plural present
- pateaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pateabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pateábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pateabais imperfect indicative plural
- pateaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patear?
- /pateˈaɾ/
- [pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [pat̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patear in Spanish?
patear appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).