pololear
Spanish
Etymology
pololo + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pololeˈaɾ/ [po.lo.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: po‧lo‧le‧ar
Verb
pololear (first-person singular present pololeo, first-person singular preterite pololeé, past participle pololeado)
- (Chile, colloquial) to court, woo
- (Chile, colloquial) to go steady
Conjugation
Conjugation of pololear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | pololear | ||||||
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gerund | pololeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pololeado | pololeada | |||||
plural | pololeados | pololeadas | |||||
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 | pololeo | pololeastú pololeásvos | pololea | pololeamos | pololeáis | pololean | |
imperfect | pololeaba | pololeabas | pololeaba | pololeábamos | pololeabais | pololeaban | |
preterite | pololeé | pololeaste | pololeó | pololeamos | pololeasteis | pololearon | |
future | pololearé | pololearás | pololeará | pololearemos | pololearéis | pololearán | |
conditional | pololearía | pololearías | pololearía | pololearíamos | pololearíais | pololearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pololee | pololeestú pololeésvos2 | pololee | pololeemos | pololeéis | pololeen | |
imperfect (ra) | pololeara | pololearas | pololeara | pololeáramos | pololearais | pololearan | |
imperfect (se) | pololease | pololeases | pololease | pololeásemos | pololeaseis | pololeasen | |
future1 | pololeare | pololeares | pololeare | pololeáremos | pololeareis | pololearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | pololeatú pololeávos | pololee | pololeemos | pololead | pololeen | ||
negative | no pololees | no pololee | no pololeemos | no pololeéis | no pololeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- pololeo
Further reading
- “pololear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014