From olfato + -ear.
- IPA(key): /olfateˈaɾ/ [ol.fa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ol‧fa‧te‧ar
olfatear (first-person singular present olfateo, first-person singular preterite olfateé, past participle olfateado)
- (transitive) to sniff
- (transitive, colloquial) to investigate, to find out with curiosity and resolution
- Synonym: husmear
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of olfatear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive olfatear
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dative
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olfatearme
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olfatearte
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olfatearle, olfatearse
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olfatearnos
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olfatearos
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olfatearles, olfatearse
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accusative
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olfatearme
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olfatearte
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olfatearlo, olfatearla, olfatearse
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olfatearnos
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olfatearos
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olfatearlos, olfatearlas, olfatearse
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with gerund olfateando
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dative
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olfateándome
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olfateándote
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olfateándole, olfateándose
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olfateándonos
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olfateándoos
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olfateándoles, olfateándose
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accusative
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olfateándome
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olfateándote
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olfateándolo, olfateándola, olfateándose
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olfateándonos
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olfateándoos
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olfateándolos, olfateándolas, olfateándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative olfatea
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dative
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olfatéame
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olfatéate
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olfatéale
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olfatéanos
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not used
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olfatéales
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accusative
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olfatéame
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olfatéate
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olfatéalo, olfatéala
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olfatéanos
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not used
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olfatéalos, olfatéalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative olfateá
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dative
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olfateame
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olfateate
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olfateale
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olfateanos
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not used
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olfateales
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accusative
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olfateame
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olfateate
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olfatealo, olfateala
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olfateanos
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not used
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olfatealos, olfatealas
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with formal second-person singular imperative olfatee
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dative
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olfatéeme
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not used
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olfatéele, olfatéese
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olfatéenos
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not used
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olfatéeles
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accusative
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olfatéeme
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not used
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olfatéelo, olfatéela, olfatéese
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olfatéenos
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not used
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olfatéelos, olfatéelas
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with first-person plural imperative olfateemos
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dative
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not used
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olfateémoste
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olfateémosle
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olfateémonos
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olfateémoos
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olfateémosles
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accusative
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not used
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olfateémoste
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olfateémoslo, olfateémosla
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olfateémonos
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olfateémoos
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olfateémoslos, olfateémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative olfatead
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dative
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olfateadme
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not used
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olfateadle
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olfateadnos
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olfateaos
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olfateadles
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accusative
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olfateadme
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not used
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olfateadlo, olfateadla
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olfateadnos
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olfateaos
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olfateadlos, olfateadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative olfateen
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dative
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olfatéenme
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not used
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olfatéenle
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olfatéennos
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not used
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olfatéenles, olfatéense
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accusative
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olfatéenme
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not used
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olfatéenlo, olfatéenla
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olfatéennos
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not used
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olfatéenlos, olfatéenlas, olfatéense
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