gorrear

Spanish

Etymology

From (de) gorra (“on someone's dime”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoreˈaɾ/ [ɡo.reˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: go‧rre‧ar

Verb

gorrear (first-person singular present gorreo, first-person singular preterite gorreé, past participle gorreado)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to live on someone's dime
    Synonyms: gorronear, pepenar
  2. to cheat (on one's spouse or partner)
    Synonyms: encornudar, engañar, poner el gorro, poner los cuernos

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive gorrear
gerund gorreando
past participle masculine feminine
singular gorreado gorreada
plural gorreados gorreadas
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 gorreo gorreastú
gorreásvos 		gorrea gorreamos gorreáis gorrean
imperfect gorreaba gorreabas gorreaba gorreábamos gorreabais gorreaban
preterite gorreé gorreaste gorreó gorreamos gorreasteis gorrearon
future gorrearé gorrearás gorreará gorrearemos gorrearéis gorrearán
conditional gorrearía gorrearías gorrearía gorrearíamos gorrearíais gorrearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present gorree gorreestú
gorreésvos2 		gorree gorreemos gorreéis gorreen
imperfect
(ra) 		gorreara gorrearas gorreara gorreáramos gorrearais gorrearan
imperfect
(se) 		gorrease gorreases gorrease gorreásemos gorreaseis gorreasen
future1 gorreare gorreares gorreare gorreáremos gorreareis gorrearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative gorreatú
gorreávos 		gorree gorreemos gorread gorreen
negative no gorrees no gorree no gorreemos no gorreéis no gorreen

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

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