pajarear
Spanish
Etymology
pájaro + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paxaɾeˈaɾ/ [pa.xa.ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pa‧ja‧re‧ar
Verb
pajarear (first-person singular present pajareo, first-person singular preterite pajareé, past participle pajareado)
- (intransitive) to be distracted, be absentminded, have one's head in the clouds, daydream
- Synonym: pajaronear
- (intransitive) to go birding, to go birdwatching
Conjugation
Conjugation of pajarear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | pajarear | ||||||
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gerund | pajareando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pajareado | pajareada | |||||
plural | pajareados | pajareadas | |||||
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 | pajareo | pajareastú pajareásvos | pajarea | pajareamos | pajareáis | pajarean | |
imperfect | pajareaba | pajareabas | pajareaba | pajareábamos | pajareabais | pajareaban | |
preterite | pajareé | pajareaste | pajareó | pajareamos | pajareasteis | pajarearon | |
future | pajarearé | pajarearás | pajareará | pajarearemos | pajarearéis | pajarearán | |
conditional | pajarearía | pajarearías | pajarearía | pajarearíamos | pajarearíais | pajarearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pajaree | pajareestú pajareésvos2 | pajaree | pajareemos | pajareéis | pajareen | |
imperfect (ra) | pajareara | pajarearas | pajareara | pajareáramos | pajarearais | pajarearan | |
imperfect (se) | pajarease | pajareases | pajarease | pajareásemos | pajareaseis | pajareasen | |
future1 | pajareare | pajareares | pajareare | pajareáremos | pajareareis | pajarearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | pajareatú pajareávos | pajaree | pajareemos | pajaread | pajareen | ||
negative | no pajarees | no pajaree | no pajareemos | no pajareéis | no pajareen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pajarear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive pajarear | |||||||
dative | pajarearme | pajarearte | pajarearle, pajarearse | pajarearnos | pajarearos | pajarearles, pajarearse | |
accusative | pajarearme | pajarearte | pajarearlo, pajarearla, pajarearse | pajarearnos | pajarearos | pajarearlos, pajarearlas, pajarearse | |
with gerund pajareando | |||||||
dative | pajareándome | pajareándote | pajareándole, pajareándose | pajareándonos | pajareándoos | pajareándoles, pajareándose | |
accusative | pajareándome | pajareándote | pajareándolo, pajareándola, pajareándose | pajareándonos | pajareándoos | pajareándolos, pajareándolas, pajareándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pajarea | |||||||
dative | pajaréame | pajaréate | pajaréale | pajaréanos | not used | pajaréales | |
accusative | pajaréame | pajaréate | pajaréalo, pajaréala | pajaréanos | not used | pajaréalos, pajaréalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pajareá | |||||||
dative | pajareame | pajareate | pajareale | pajareanos | not used | pajareales | |
accusative | pajareame | pajareate | pajarealo, pajareala | pajareanos | not used | pajarealos, pajarealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative pajaree | |||||||
dative | pajaréeme | not used | pajaréele, pajaréese | pajaréenos | not used | pajaréeles | |
accusative | pajaréeme | not used | pajaréelo, pajaréela, pajaréese | pajaréenos | not used | pajaréelos, pajaréelas | |
with first-person plural imperative pajareemos | |||||||
dative | not used | pajareémoste | pajareémosle | pajareémonos | pajareémoos | pajareémosles | |
accusative | not used | pajareémoste | pajareémoslo, pajareémosla | pajareémonos | pajareémoos | pajareémoslos, pajareémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative pajaread | |||||||
dative | pajareadme | not used | pajareadle | pajareadnos | pajareaos | pajareadles | |
accusative | pajareadme | not used | pajareadlo, pajareadla | pajareadnos | pajareaos | pajareadlos, pajareadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative pajareen | |||||||
dative | pajaréenme | not used | pajaréenle | pajaréennos | not used | pajaréenles, pajaréense | |
accusative | pajaréenme | not used | pajaréenlo, pajaréenla | pajaréennos | not used | pajaréenlos, pajaréenlas, pajaréense |
Related terms
- pajarón
- pajaroneo
Further reading
- “pajarear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014