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catear

1. (to not pass)

Sabía que iba a catear el examen, porque no estudié nada.I knew I was going to fail the exam, because I didn't study at all.

b. to flunk

Si cateo este examen, mi madre me echará la bronca.If I flunk this test, my mom is going to chew me out.

2. (to raid)

a. to search

Los investigadores encontraron un arma cuando cateaban el domicilio del hombre.The investigators found a weapon while they were searching the man's house.

3. (mining)

a. to prospect

La empresa minera cateó la zona en busca de oro.The mining company prospected the area in search of gold.

catear

1. (colloquial) (Spain)

a. to fail

b. to flunk (United States)

he cateado o me han cateado la físicaI failed o

2. (casa) (Latin America)

a. to search

catear

transitive verb

1 (buscar) to search

2 (probar) to test; try

3 [+candidato, estudiante, examen] to fail; flunk (familiar); (EEUU)

4 (Latinoamérica) (Minería) to prospect

5 (México) [+policía] to raid

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Verb Conjugations for catear

Present Participle: cateando

Past Participle: cateado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	cateo	cateé	cateaba	catearía	catearé
tú	cateas	cateaste	cateabas	catearías	catearás
él/ella/Ud.	catea	cateó	cateaba	catearía	cateará
nosotros	cateamos	cateamos	cateábamos	catearíamos	catearemos
vosotros	cateáis	cateasteis	cateabais	catearíais	catearéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	catean	catearon	cateaban	catearían	catearán

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