gorrear
Spanish
Etymology
(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)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to live on someone's dime
- Synonyms: gorronear, pepenar
- 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.
Further reading
- “gorrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014