balconear
Spanish
Etymology
From balcón + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balkoneˈaɾ/ [bal.ko.neˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bal‧co‧ne‧ar
Verb
balconear (first-person singular present balconeo, first-person singular preterite balconeé, past participle balconeado)
- (transitive, intransitive, Argentina, Guatemal, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, colloquial) to spy on; to snoop (from a balcony, or similar elevated place)
- 2016 December 3, “Harrison Ford hará demanda de otra galaxia”, in La Prensa:
- A Harrison Ford no le hizo ninguna gracia que Carrie Fisher, su ex compañera en la película La Guerra de las Galaxias, lo balconeara, por lo que planea demandarla.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of balconear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | balconear | ||||||
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gerund | balconeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | balconeado | balconeada | |||||
plural | balconeados | balconeadas | |||||
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 | balconeo | balconeastú balconeásvos | balconea | balconeamos | balconeáis | balconean | |
imperfect | balconeaba | balconeabas | balconeaba | balconeábamos | balconeabais | balconeaban | |
preterite | balconeé | balconeaste | balconeó | balconeamos | balconeasteis | balconearon | |
future | balconearé | balconearás | balconeará | balconearemos | balconearéis | balconearán | |
conditional | balconearía | balconearías | balconearía | balconearíamos | balconearíais | balconearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | balconee | balconeestú balconeésvos2 | balconee | balconeemos | balconeéis | balconeen | |
imperfect (ra) | balconeara | balconearas | balconeara | balconeáramos | balconearais | balconearan | |
imperfect (se) | balconease | balconeases | balconease | balconeásemos | balconeaseis | balconeasen | |
future1 | balconeare | balconeares | balconeare | balconeáremos | balconeareis | balconearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | balconeatú balconeávos | balconee | balconeemos | balconead | balconeen | ||
negative | no balconees | no balconee | no balconeemos | no balconeéis | no balconeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of balconear
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 balconear | |||||||
dative | balconearme | balconearte | balconearle, balconearse | balconearnos | balconearos | balconearles, balconearse | |
accusative | balconearme | balconearte | balconearlo, balconearla, balconearse | balconearnos | balconearos | balconearlos, balconearlas, balconearse | |
with gerund balconeando | |||||||
dative | balconeándome | balconeándote | balconeándole, balconeándose | balconeándonos | balconeándoos | balconeándoles, balconeándose | |
accusative | balconeándome | balconeándote | balconeándolo, balconeándola, balconeándose | balconeándonos | balconeándoos | balconeándolos, balconeándolas, balconeándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative balconea | |||||||
dative | balconéame | balconéate | balconéale | balconéanos | not used | balconéales | |
accusative | balconéame | balconéate | balconéalo, balconéala | balconéanos | not used | balconéalos, balconéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative balconeá | |||||||
dative | balconeame | balconeate | balconeale | balconeanos | not used | balconeales | |
accusative | balconeame | balconeate | balconealo, balconeala | balconeanos | not used | balconealos, balconealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative balconee | |||||||
dative | balconéeme | not used | balconéele, balconéese | balconéenos | not used | balconéeles | |
accusative | balconéeme | not used | balconéelo, balconéela, balconéese | balconéenos | not used | balconéelos, balconéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative balconeemos | |||||||
dative | not used | balconeémoste | balconeémosle | balconeémonos | balconeémoos | balconeémosles | |
accusative | not used | balconeémoste | balconeémoslo, balconeémosla | balconeémonos | balconeémoos | balconeémoslos, balconeémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative balconead | |||||||
dative | balconeadme | not used | balconeadle | balconeadnos | balconeaos | balconeadles | |
accusative | balconeadme | not used | balconeadlo, balconeadla | balconeadnos | balconeaos | balconeadlos, balconeadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative balconeen | |||||||
dative | balconéenme | not used | balconéenle | balconéennos | not used | balconéenles, balconéense | |
accusative | balconéenme | not used | balconéenlo, balconéenla | balconéennos | not used | balconéenlos, balconéenlas, balconéense |
Further reading
- “balconear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014