bolsear
Spanish
Etymology
From bolsa (“bag, purse”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bolseˈaɾ/ [bol.seˈaɾ]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bol‧se‧ar
Verb
bolsear (first-person singular present bolseo, first-person singular preterite bolseé, past participle bolseado)
- (colloquial, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) to pickpocket
- Synonym: carterear
- (colloquial, Chile) to sponge, scrounge
Conjugation
Conjugation of bolsear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of bolsear
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 bolsear | dative | bolsearme | bolsearte | bolsearle, bolsearse | bolsearnos | bolsearos | bolsearles, bolsearse |
| accusative | bolsearme | bolsearte | bolsearlo, bolsearla, bolsearse | bolsearnos | bolsearos | bolsearlos, bolsearlas, bolsearse | |
| with gerund bolseando | dative | bolseándome | bolseándote | bolseándole, bolseándose | bolseándonos | bolseándoos | bolseándoles, bolseándose |
| accusative | bolseándome | bolseándote | bolseándolo, bolseándola, bolseándose | bolseándonos | bolseándoos | bolseándolos, bolseándolas, bolseándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative bolsea | dative | bolséame | bolséate | bolséale | bolséanos | not used | bolséales |
| accusative | bolséame | bolséate | bolséalo, bolséala | bolséanos | not used | bolséalos, bolséalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative bolseá | dative | bolseame | bolseate | bolseale | bolseanos | not used | bolseales |
| accusative | bolseame | bolseate | bolsealo, bolseala | bolseanos | not used | bolsealos, bolsealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative bolsee | dative | bolséeme | not used | bolséele, bolséese | bolséenos | not used | bolséeles |
| accusative | bolséeme | not used | bolséelo, bolséela, bolséese | bolséenos | not used | bolséelos, bolséelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative bolseemos | dative | not used | bolseémoste | bolseémosle | bolseémonos | bolseémoos | bolseémosles |
| accusative | not used | bolseémoste | bolseémoslo, bolseémosla | bolseémonos | bolseémoos | bolseémoslos, bolseémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative bolsead | dative | bolseadme | not used | bolseadle | bolseadnos | bolseaos | bolseadles |
| accusative | bolseadme | not used | bolseadlo, bolseadla | bolseadnos | bolseaos | bolseadlos, bolseadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative bolseen | dative | bolséenme | not used | bolséenle | bolséennos | not used | bolséenles, bolséense |
| accusative | bolséenme | not used | bolséenlo, bolséenla | bolséennos | not used | bolséenlos, bolséenlas, bolséense | |
Further reading
- “bolsear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024