padrear
Spanish
Etymology
From padre (“father”). The slang meaning is an extension of padre as meaning "extremely cool", becoming popular ca. 2021.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /padɾeˈaɾ/ [pa.ð̞ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pa‧dre‧ar
Verb
padrear (first-person singular present padreo, first-person singular preterite padreé, past participle padreado)
- (uncommon, intransitive) to look like or behave like one's father
- (Spain, slang) to be the very best, to be awesome, to be the boss
- Está padreando. ― It's awesome.
Conjugation
Conjugation of padrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | padrear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | padreando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | padreado | padreada | |||||
| plural | padreados | padreadas | |||||
| 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 | padreo | padreastú padreásvos | padrea | padreamos | padreáis | padrean | |
| imperfect | padreaba | padreabas | padreaba | padreábamos | padreabais | padreaban | |
| preterite | padreé | padreaste | padreó | padreamos | padreasteis | padrearon | |
| future | padrearé | padrearás | padreará | padrearemos | padrearéis | padrearán | |
| conditional | padrearía | padrearías | padrearía | padrearíamos | padrearíais | padrearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | padree | padreestú padreésvos2 | padree | padreemos | padreéis | padreen | |
| imperfect (ra) | padreara | padrearas | padreara | padreáramos | padrearais | padrearan | |
| imperfect (se) | padrease | padreases | padrease | padreásemos | padreaseis | padreasen | |
| future1 | padreare | padreares | padreare | padreáremos | padreareis | padrearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | padreatú padreávos | padree | padreemos | padread | padreen | ||
| negative | no padrees | no padree | no padreemos | no padreéis | no padreen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- padreada (slang)
Further reading
- “padrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014