florear
Portuguese
Verb
florear (first-person singular present floreio, first-person singular preterite floreei, past participle floreado)
- to plant flowers
- to blossom (to open into blossoms)
- (figuratively) to embroider (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Conjugation
Conjugation of florear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | florear | |||||
| Personal | florear | floreares | florear | florearmos | floreardes | florearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| floreando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | floreado | floreados | ||||
| Feminine | floreada | floreadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | floreio | floreias | floreia | floreamos | floreais | floreiam |
| Imperfect | floreava | floreavas | floreava | floreávamos | floreáveis | floreavam |
| Preterite | floreei | floreaste | floreou | floreamos1, floreámos2 | floreastes | florearam |
| Pluperfect | floreara | florearas | floreara | floreáramos | floreáreis | florearam |
| Future | florearei | florearás | floreará | florearemos | floreareis | florearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| florearia | florearias | florearia | florearíamos | florearíeis | floreariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | floreie | floreies | floreie | floreemos | floreeis | floreiem |
| Imperfect | floreasse | floreasses | floreasse | floreássemos | floreásseis | floreassem |
| Future | florear | floreares | florear | florearmos | floreardes | florearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | floreia | floreie | floreemos | floreai | floreiem | |
| Negative (não) | não floreies | não floreie | não floreemos | não floreeis | não floreiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- flor
- florescer
- florir
Spanish
Etymology
flor + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floɾeˈaɾ/ [flo.ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: flo‧re‧ar
Verb
florear (first-person singular present floreo, first-person singular preterite floreé, past participle floreado)
- to flower
Conjugation
Conjugation of florear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | florear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | floreando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | floreado | floreada | |||||
| plural | floreados | floreadas | |||||
| 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 | floreo | floreastú floreásvos | florea | floreamos | floreáis | florean | |
| imperfect | floreaba | floreabas | floreaba | floreábamos | floreabais | floreaban | |
| preterite | floreé | floreaste | floreó | floreamos | floreasteis | florearon | |
| future | florearé | florearás | floreará | florearemos | florearéis | florearán | |
| conditional | florearía | florearías | florearía | florearíamos | florearíais | florearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | floree | floreestú floreésvos2 | floree | floreemos | floreéis | floreen | |
| imperfect (ra) | floreara | florearas | floreara | floreáramos | florearais | florearan | |
| imperfect (se) | florease | floreases | florease | floreásemos | floreaseis | floreasen | |
| future1 | floreare | floreares | floreare | floreáremos | floreareis | florearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | floreatú floreávos | floree | floreemos | floread | floreen | ||
| negative | no florees | no floree | no floreemos | no floreéis | no floreen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- floreo
Further reading
- “florear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014