berrear
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly onomatopoetic or from a Latin root *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, also Romanian zbiera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bereˈaɾ/ [be.reˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: be‧rre‧ar
Verb
berrear (first-person singular present berreo, first-person singular preterite berreé, past participle berreado)
- (intransitive) to bellow
- (intransitive) to cry, bawl
Conjugation
Conjugation of berrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | berrear | ||||||
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gerund | berreando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | berreado | berreada | |||||
plural | berreados | berreadas | |||||
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 | berreo | berreastú berreásvos | berrea | berreamos | berreáis | berrean | |
imperfect | berreaba | berreabas | berreaba | berreábamos | berreabais | berreaban | |
preterite | berreé | berreaste | berreó | berreamos | berreasteis | berrearon | |
future | berrearé | berrearás | berreará | berrearemos | berrearéis | berrearán | |
conditional | berrearía | berrearías | berrearía | berrearíamos | berrearíais | berrearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | berree | berreestú berreésvos2 | berree | berreemos | berreéis | berreen | |
imperfect (ra) | berreara | berrearas | berreara | berreáramos | berrearais | berrearan | |
imperfect (se) | berrease | berreases | berrease | berreásemos | berreaseis | berreasen | |
future1 | berreare | berreares | berreare | berreáremos | berreareis | berrearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | berreatú berreávos | berree | berreemos | berread | berreen | ||
negative | no berrees | no berree | no berreemos | no berreéis | no berreen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of berrear
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 berrear | |||||||
dative | berrearme | berrearte | berrearle, berrearse | berrearnos | berrearos | berrearles, berrearse | |
accusative | berrearme | berrearte | berrearlo, berrearla, berrearse | berrearnos | berrearos | berrearlos, berrearlas, berrearse | |
with gerund berreando | |||||||
dative | berreándome | berreándote | berreándole, berreándose | berreándonos | berreándoos | berreándoles, berreándose | |
accusative | berreándome | berreándote | berreándolo, berreándola, berreándose | berreándonos | berreándoos | berreándolos, berreándolas, berreándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative berrea | |||||||
dative | berréame | berréate | berréale | berréanos | not used | berréales | |
accusative | berréame | berréate | berréalo, berréala | berréanos | not used | berréalos, berréalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative berreá | |||||||
dative | berreame | berreate | berreale | berreanos | not used | berreales | |
accusative | berreame | berreate | berrealo, berreala | berreanos | not used | berrealos, berrealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative berree | |||||||
dative | berréeme | not used | berréele, berréese | berréenos | not used | berréeles | |
accusative | berréeme | not used | berréelo, berréela, berréese | berréenos | not used | berréelos, berréelas | |
with first-person plural imperative berreemos | |||||||
dative | not used | berreémoste | berreémosle | berreémonos | berreémoos | berreémosles | |
accusative | not used | berreémoste | berreémoslo, berreémosla | berreémonos | berreémoos | berreémoslos, berreémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative berread | |||||||
dative | berreadme | not used | berreadle | berreadnos | berreaos | berreadles | |
accusative | berreadme | not used | berreadlo, berreadla | berreadnos | berreaos | berreadlos, berreadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative berreen | |||||||
dative | berréenme | not used | berréenle | berréennos | not used | berréenles, berréense | |
accusative | berréenme | not used | berréenlo, berréenla | berréennos | not used | berréenlos, berréenlas, berréense |
Further reading
- “berrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014