tejer
Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish texer, from Latin texere (“to weave, intertwine”).
Doublet of texto and textil. Cognate with Asturian texer, Catalan teixir, and Galician and Portuguese tecer; as well as English text, French tisser, Italian tessere, and Romanian țese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈxeɾ/ [t̪eˈxeɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: te‧jer
Verb
tejer (first-person singular present tejo, first-person singular preterite tejí, past participle tejido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tejer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tejer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tejiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tejido | tejida | |||||
| plural | tejidos | tejidas | |||||
| 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 | tejo | tejestú tejésvos |
teje | tejemos | tejéis | tejen | |
| imperfect | tejía | tejías | tejía | tejíamos | tejíais | tejían | |
| preterite | tejí | tejiste | tejió | tejimos | tejisteis | tejieron | |
| future | tejeré | tejerás | tejerá | tejeremos | tejeréis | tejerán | |
| conditional | tejería | tejerías | tejería | tejeríamos | tejeríais | tejerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | teja | tejastú tejásvos2 |
teja | tejamos | tejáis | tejan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
tejiera | tejieras | tejiera | tejiéramos | tejierais | tejieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
tejiese | tejieses | tejiese | tejiésemos | tejieseis | tejiesen | |
| future1 | tejiere | tejieres | tejiere | tejiéremos | tejiereis | tejieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | tejetú tejévos |
teja | tejamos | tejed | tejan | ||
| negative | no tejas | no teja | no tejamos | no tejáis | no tejan | ||
Selected combined forms of tejer
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive tejer | dative | tejerme | tejerte | tejerle, tejerse | tejernos | tejeros | tejerles, tejerse |
| accusative | tejerme | tejerte | tejerlo, tejerla, tejerse | tejernos | tejeros | tejerlos, tejerlas, tejerse | |
| with gerund tejiendo | dative | tejiéndome | tejiéndote | tejiéndole, tejiéndose | tejiéndonos | tejiéndoos | tejiéndoles, tejiéndose |
| accusative | tejiéndome | tejiéndote | tejiéndolo, tejiéndola, tejiéndose | tejiéndonos | tejiéndoos | tejiéndolos, tejiéndolas, tejiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative teje | dative | téjeme | téjete | téjele | téjenos | not used | téjeles |
| accusative | téjeme | téjete | téjelo, téjela | téjenos | not used | téjelos, téjelas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tejé | dative | tejeme | tejete | tejele | tejenos | not used | tejeles |
| accusative | tejeme | tejete | tejelo, tejela | tejenos | not used | tejelos, tejelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative teja | dative | téjame | not used | téjale, téjase | téjanos | not used | téjales |
| accusative | téjame | not used | téjalo, téjala, téjase | téjanos | not used | téjalos, téjalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tejamos | dative | not used | tejámoste | tejámosle | tejámonos | tejámoos | tejámosles |
| accusative | not used | tejámoste | tejámoslo, tejámosla | tejámonos | tejámoos | tejámoslos, tejámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tejed | dative | tejedme | not used | tejedle | tejednos | tejeos | tejedles |
| accusative | tejedme | not used | tejedlo, tejedla | tejednos | tejeos | tejedlos, tejedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tejan | dative | téjanme | not used | téjanle | téjannos | not used | téjanles, téjanse |
| accusative | téjanme | not used | téjanlo, téjanla | téjannos | not used | téjanlos, téjanlas, téjanse | |
Derived terms
- aguja de tejer
- tejedor
- tejedura
- tejemaneje
- tejer y destejer
- tejido
Descendants
- Chavacano: teje
Further reading
- “tejer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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