flojear
Spanish
Etymology
From flojo + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floxeˈaɾ/ [flo.xeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: flo‧je‧ar
Verb
flojear (first-person singular present flojeo, first-person singular preterite flojeé, past participle flojeado)
- to idle, be lazy
- Synonyms: haraganear, sacar la vuelta, remolonear, zanganear, holgazanear, magancear
- to weaken
- Synonyms: aflojar, flaquear, debilitarse
Conjugation
Conjugation of flojear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | flojear | ||||||
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gerund | flojeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | flojeado | flojeada | |||||
plural | flojeados | flojeadas | |||||
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 | flojeo | flojeastú flojeásvos | flojea | flojeamos | flojeáis | flojean | |
imperfect | flojeaba | flojeabas | flojeaba | flojeábamos | flojeabais | flojeaban | |
preterite | flojeé | flojeaste | flojeó | flojeamos | flojeasteis | flojearon | |
future | flojearé | flojearás | flojeará | flojearemos | flojearéis | flojearán | |
conditional | flojearía | flojearías | flojearía | flojearíamos | flojearíais | flojearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | flojee | flojeestú flojeésvos2 | flojee | flojeemos | flojeéis | flojeen | |
imperfect (ra) | flojeara | flojearas | flojeara | flojeáramos | flojearais | flojearan | |
imperfect (se) | flojease | flojeases | flojease | flojeásemos | flojeaseis | flojeasen | |
future1 | flojeare | flojeares | flojeare | flojeáremos | flojeareis | flojearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | flojeatú flojeávos | flojee | flojeemos | flojead | flojeen | ||
negative | no flojees | no flojee | no flojeemos | no flojeéis | no flojeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “flojear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014