balconear

Spanish

Etymology

From balcón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balkoneˈaɾ/ [bal.ko.neˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bal‧co‧ne‧ar

Verb

balconear (first-person singular present balconeo, first-person singular preterite balconeé, past participle balconeado)

  1. (transitive, Rioplatense) observe
  2. (intransitive, Rioplatense, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, colloquial) to spy on; to snoop (from a balcony, or similar elevated place)
    • 2016 December 3, “Harrison Ford hará demanda de otra galaxia”, in La Prensa‎[1]:
      A Harrison Ford no le hizo ninguna gracia que Carrie Fisher, su ex compañera en la película La Guerra de las Galaxias, lo balconeara, por lo que planea demandarla.
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Conjugation

    Conjugation of balconear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive balconear
gerund balconeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular balconeado balconeada
plural balconeados balconeadas
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 balconeo balconeastú
balconeásvos 		balconea balconeamos balconeáis balconean
imperfect balconeaba balconeabas balconeaba balconeábamos balconeabais balconeaban
preterite balconeé balconeaste balconeó balconeamos balconeasteis balconearon
future balconearé balconearás balconeará balconearemos balconearéis balconearán
conditional balconearía balconearías balconearía balconearíamos balconearíais balconearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present balconee balconeestú
balconeésvos2 		balconee balconeemos balconeéis balconeen
imperfect
(ra) 		balconeara balconearas balconeara balconeáramos balconearais balconearan
imperfect
(se) 		balconease balconeases balconease balconeásemos balconeaseis balconeasen
future1 balconeare balconeares balconeare balconeáremos balconeareis balconearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative balconeatú
balconeávos 		balconee balconeemos balconead balconeen
negative no balconees no balconee no balconeemos no balconeéis no balconeen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of balconear

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 balconear dative balconearme balconearte balconearle, balconearse balconearnos balconearos balconearles, balconearse
accusative balconearme balconearte balconearlo, balconearla, balconearse balconearnos balconearos balconearlos, balconearlas, balconearse
with gerund balconeando dative balconeándome balconeándote balconeándole, balconeándose balconeándonos balconeándoos balconeándoles, balconeándose
accusative balconeándome balconeándote balconeándolo, balconeándola, balconeándose balconeándonos balconeándoos balconeándolos, balconeándolas, balconeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative balconea dative balconéame balconéate balconéale balconéanos not used balconéales
accusative balconéame balconéate balconéalo, balconéala balconéanos not used balconéalos, balconéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative balconeá dative balconeame balconeate balconeale balconeanos not used balconeales
accusative balconeame balconeate balconealo, balconeala balconeanos not used balconealos, balconealas
with formal second-person singular imperative balconee dative balconéeme not used balconéele, balconéese balconéenos not used balconéeles
accusative balconéeme not used balconéelo, balconéela, balconéese balconéenos not used balconéelos, balconéelas
with first-person plural imperative balconeemos dative not used balconeémoste balconeémosle balconeémonos balconeémoos balconeémosles
accusative not used balconeémoste balconeémoslo, balconeémosla balconeémonos balconeémoos balconeémoslos, balconeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative balconead dative balconeadme not used balconeadle balconeadnos balconeaos balconeadles
accusative balconeadme not used balconeadlo, balconeadla balconeadnos balconeaos balconeadlos, balconeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative balconeen dative balconéenme not used balconéenle balconéennos not used balconéenles, balconéense
accusative balconéenme not used balconéenlo, balconéenla balconéennos not used balconéenlos, balconéenlas, balconéense

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