verb
- to raffle, to raffle off, to draw lots
- to get around, to avoid, to come around (an obstacle or a danger), to circumvent
- US to sort
sortear
to raffle, to raffle off, to draw lots
Meanings
Conjugation
Gerund sorteando · past participle sorteado
Indicative
| present | imperfect | preterite | future | conditional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | sorteo | sorteaba | sorteé | sortearé | sortearía |
| tú | sorteas | sorteabas | sorteaste | sortearás | sortearías |
| vos | sorteás | sorteabas | sorteaste | sortearás | sortearías |
| él, ella, usted | sortea | sorteaba | sorteó | sorteará | sortearía |
| nosotros | sorteamos | sorteábamos | sorteamos | sortearemos | sortearíamos |
| vosotros | sorteáis | sorteabais | sorteasteis | sortearéis | sortearíais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | sortean | sorteaban | sortearon | sortearán | sortearían |
Subjunctive
| present | imperfect (-ra) | imperfect (-se) | future | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | sortee | sorteara | sortease | sorteare |
| tú | sortees | sortearas | sorteases | sorteares |
| vos | sorteés | sortearas | sorteases | sorteares |
| él, ella, usted | sortee | sorteara | sortease | sorteare |
| nosotros | sorteemos | sorteáramos | sorteásemos | sorteáremos |
| vosotros | sorteéis | sortearais | sorteaseis | sorteareis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | sorteen | sortearan | sorteasen | sortearen |
Imperative
| affirmative | negative | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | sortea | no sortees |
| vos | sorteá | |
| usted | sortee | no sortee |
| nosotros | sorteemos | no sorteemos |
| vosotros | sortead | no sorteéis |
| ustedes | sorteen | no sorteen |
In sentences
Sortead los obstáculos. Avoid the obstacles. #10224174
Yoko sorteó mi pregunta. Yoko avoided answering my question. #578840
¿Puedes sortear dicha norma? Can you get around that regulation? #3690561
En la plaza sortean una cerda. In the plaza they're raffling off a pig. #1240717
Sorteamos un viaje a Bali y dos neveras. We're raffling off a trip to Bali and two refrigerators. #10189248
No sé cómo sortear legalmente esas normativas. I don't know how to legally get around those regulations. #1837710