farolear
Spanish
Etymology
From farol + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɾoleˈaɾ/ [fa.ɾo.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fa‧ro‧le‧ar
Verb
farolear (first-person singular present faroleo, first-person singular preterite faroleé, past participle faroleado)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to swagger, boast, brag
- Synonyms: cachiporrearse, fanfarronear, farandulear, jactarse, presumir, ostentar
Conjugation
Conjugation of farolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | farolear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | faroleando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | faroleado | faroleada | |||||
| plural | faroleados | faroleadas | |||||
| 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 | faroleo | faroleastú faroleásvos | farolea | faroleamos | faroleáis | farolean | |
| imperfect | faroleaba | faroleabas | faroleaba | faroleábamos | faroleabais | faroleaban | |
| preterite | faroleé | faroleaste | faroleó | faroleamos | faroleasteis | farolearon | |
| future | farolearé | farolearás | faroleará | farolearemos | farolearéis | farolearán | |
| conditional | farolearía | farolearías | farolearía | farolearíamos | farolearíais | farolearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | farolee | faroleestú faroleésvos2 | farolee | faroleemos | faroleéis | faroleen | |
| imperfect (ra) | faroleara | farolearas | faroleara | faroleáramos | farolearais | farolearan | |
| imperfect (se) | farolease | faroleases | farolease | faroleásemos | faroleaseis | faroleasen | |
| future1 | faroleare | faroleares | faroleare | faroleáremos | faroleareis | farolearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | faroleatú faroleávos | farolee | faroleemos | farolead | faroleen | ||
| negative | no farolees | no farolee | no faroleemos | no faroleéis | no faroleen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “farolear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014