bojear
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan vogir (“to spin”), from Vulgar Latin *volgere, from Latin volvere (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boxeˈaɾ/ [bo.xeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bo‧je‧ar
Verb
bojear (first-person singular present bojeo, first-person singular preterite bojeé, past participle bojeado)
- (transitive) to measure the perimeter of an island
- Synonym: bojar
- (transitive) to circumnavigate an island
- (intransitive) to have a perimeter
Conjugation
Conjugation of bojear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | bojear | ||||||
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gerund | bojeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | bojeado | bojeada | |||||
plural | bojeados | bojeadas | |||||
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 | bojeo | bojeastú bojeásvos | bojea | bojeamos | bojeáis | bojean | |
imperfect | bojeaba | bojeabas | bojeaba | bojeábamos | bojeabais | bojeaban | |
preterite | bojeé | bojeaste | bojeó | bojeamos | bojeasteis | bojearon | |
future | bojearé | bojearás | bojeará | bojearemos | bojearéis | bojearán | |
conditional | bojearía | bojearías | bojearía | bojearíamos | bojearíais | bojearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | bojee | bojeestú bojeésvos2 | bojee | bojeemos | bojeéis | bojeen | |
imperfect (ra) | bojeara | bojearas | bojeara | bojeáramos | bojearais | bojearan | |
imperfect (se) | bojease | bojeases | bojease | bojeásemos | bojeaseis | bojeasen | |
future1 | bojeare | bojeares | bojeare | bojeáremos | bojeareis | bojearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | bojeatú bojeávos | bojee | bojeemos | bojead | bojeen | ||
negative | no bojees | no bojee | no bojeemos | no bojeéis | no bojeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of bojear
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 bojear | |||||||
dative | bojearme | bojearte | bojearle, bojearse | bojearnos | bojearos | bojearles, bojearse | |
accusative | bojearme | bojearte | bojearlo, bojearla, bojearse | bojearnos | bojearos | bojearlos, bojearlas, bojearse | |
with gerund bojeando | |||||||
dative | bojeándome | bojeándote | bojeándole, bojeándose | bojeándonos | bojeándoos | bojeándoles, bojeándose | |
accusative | bojeándome | bojeándote | bojeándolo, bojeándola, bojeándose | bojeándonos | bojeándoos | bojeándolos, bojeándolas, bojeándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bojea | |||||||
dative | bojéame | bojéate | bojéale | bojéanos | not used | bojéales | |
accusative | bojéame | bojéate | bojéalo, bojéala | bojéanos | not used | bojéalos, bojéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bojeá | |||||||
dative | bojeame | bojeate | bojeale | bojeanos | not used | bojeales | |
accusative | bojeame | bojeate | bojealo, bojeala | bojeanos | not used | bojealos, bojealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative bojee | |||||||
dative | bojéeme | not used | bojéele, bojéese | bojéenos | not used | bojéeles | |
accusative | bojéeme | not used | bojéelo, bojéela, bojéese | bojéenos | not used | bojéelos, bojéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative bojeemos | |||||||
dative | not used | bojeémoste | bojeémosle | bojeémonos | bojeémoos | bojeémosles | |
accusative | not used | bojeémoste | bojeémoslo, bojeémosla | bojeémonos | bojeémoos | bojeémoslos, bojeémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative bojead | |||||||
dative | bojeadme | not used | bojeadle | bojeadnos | bojeaos | bojeadles | |
accusative | bojeadme | not used | bojeadlo, bojeadla | bojeadnos | bojeaos | bojeadlos, bojeadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative bojeen | |||||||
dative | bojéenme | not used | bojéenle | bojéennos | not used | bojéenles, bojéense | |
accusative | bojéenme | not used | bojéenlo, bojéenla | bojéennos | not used | bojéenlos, bojéenlas, bojéense |
Further reading
- “bojear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014