perecear

Spanish

Etymology

From pereza +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾeθeˈaɾ/ [pe.ɾe.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /peɾeseˈaɾ/ [pe.ɾe.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧re‧ce‧ar

Verb

perecear (first-person singular present pereceo, first-person singular preterite pereceé, past participle pereceado)

  1. (colloquial) to postpone, waste time, retard or defer something due to one's laziness, negligence, or sloth

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perecear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive perecear
gerund pereceando
past participle masculine feminine
singular pereceado pereceada
plural pereceados pereceadas
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 pereceo pereceastú
pereceásvos 		perecea pereceamos pereceáis perecean
imperfect pereceaba pereceabas pereceaba pereceábamos pereceabais pereceaban
preterite pereceé pereceaste pereceó pereceamos pereceasteis perecearon
future perecearé perecearás pereceará perecearemos perecearéis perecearán
conditional perecearía perecearías perecearía perecearíamos perecearíais perecearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present perecee pereceestú
pereceésvos2 		perecee pereceemos pereceéis pereceen
imperfect
(ra) 		pereceara perecearas pereceara pereceáramos perecearais perecearan
imperfect
(se) 		perecease pereceases perecease pereceásemos pereceaseis pereceasen
future1 pereceare pereceares pereceare pereceáremos pereceareis perecearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative pereceatú
pereceávos 		perecee pereceemos perecead pereceen
negative no perecees no perecee no pereceemos no pereceéis no pereceen

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

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