berrear

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoetic or from a Latin root *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, also Romanian zbiera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bereˈaɾ/ [be.reˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: be‧rre‧ar

Verb

berrear (first-person singular present berreo, first-person singular preterite berreé, past participle berreado)

(intransitive) to bellow
(intransitive) to cry, bawl

Conjugation

Conjugation of berrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			berrear
gerund			berreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		berreado		berreada
		plural		berreados		berreadas
		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	berreo	berreas^{^tú} berreás^{^vos}	berrea	berreamos	berreáis	berrean
	imperfect	berreaba	berreabas	berreaba	berreábamos	berreabais	berreaban
	preterite	berreé	berreaste	berreó	berreamos	berreasteis	berrearon
	future	berrearé	berrearás	berreará	berrearemos	berrearéis	berrearán
	conditional	berrearía	berrearías	berrearía	berrearíamos	berrearíais	berrearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	berree	berrees^{^tú} berreés^{^vos²}	berree	berreemos	berreéis	berreen
	imperfect (ra)	berreara	berrearas	berreara	berreáramos	berrearais	berrearan
	imperfect (se)	berrease	berreases	berrease	berreásemos	berreaseis	berreasen
	future¹	berreare	berreares	berreare	berreáremos	berreareis	berrearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		berrea^{^tú} berreá^{^vos}	berree	berreemos	berread	berreen
	negative		no berrees	no berree	no berreemos	no berreéis	no berreen

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

Selected combined forms of berrear

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 berrear	dative	berrearme	berrearte	berrearle, berrearse	berrearnos	berrearos	berrearles, berrearse
with infinitive berrear	accusative	berrearme	berrearte	berrearlo, berrearla, berrearse	berrearnos	berrearos	berrearlos, berrearlas, berrearse

with gerund berreando	dative	berreándome	berreándote	berreándole, berreándose	berreándonos	berreándoos	berreándoles, berreándose
with gerund berreando	accusative	berreándome	berreándote	berreándolo, berreándola, berreándose	berreándonos	berreándoos	berreándolos, berreándolas, berreándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative berrea	dative	berréame	berréate	berréale	berréanos	not used	berréales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative berrea	accusative	berréame	berréate	berréalo, berréala	berréanos	not used	berréalos, berréalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative berreá	dative	berreame	berreate	berreale	berreanos	not used	berreales
	accusative	berreame	berreate	berrealo, berreala	berreanos	not used	berrealos, berrealas

with formal second-person singular imperative berree	dative	berréeme	not used	berréele, berréese	berréenos	not used	berréeles
with formal second-person singular imperative berree	accusative	berréeme	not used	berréelo, berréela, berréese	berréenos	not used	berréelos, berréelas

with first-person plural imperative berreemos	dative	not used	berreémoste	berreémosle	berreémonos	berreémoos	berreémosles
with first-person plural imperative berreemos	accusative	not used	berreémoste	berreémoslo, berreémosla	berreémonos	berreémoos	berreémoslos, berreémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative berread	dative	berreadme	not used	berreadle	berreadnos	berreaos	berreadles
with informal second-person plural imperative berread	accusative	berreadme	not used	berreadlo, berreadla	berreadnos	berreaos	berreadlos, berreadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative berreen	dative	berréenme	not used	berréenle	berréennos	not used	berréenles, berréense
with formal second-person plural imperative berreen	accusative	berréenme	not used	berréenlo, berréenla	berréennos	not used	berréenlos, berréenlas, berréense

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