bolsear
Spanish
Etymology
From bolsa (“bag, purse”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bolseˈaɾ/ [bol.seˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bol‧se‧ar
Verb
bolsear (first-person singular present bolseo, first-person singular preterite bolseé, past participle bolseado)
- (colloquial, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) to pickpocket
- Synonym: carterear
- (colloquial, Chile) to sponge, scrounge
- Synonyms: cafichear, gorronear
Conjugation
Conjugation of bolsear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | bolsear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bolseando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bolseado | bolseada | |||||
| plural | bolseados | bolseadas | |||||
| 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 | bolseo | bolseastú bolseásvos | bolsea | bolseamos | bolseáis | bolsean | |
| imperfect | bolseaba | bolseabas | bolseaba | bolseábamos | bolseabais | bolseaban | |
| preterite | bolseé | bolseaste | bolseó | bolseamos | bolseasteis | bolsearon | |
| future | bolsearé | bolsearás | bolseará | bolsearemos | bolsearéis | bolsearán | |
| conditional | bolsearía | bolsearías | bolsearía | bolsearíamos | bolsearíais | bolsearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bolsee | bolseestú bolseésvos2 | bolsee | bolseemos | bolseéis | bolseen | |
| imperfect (ra) | bolseara | bolsearas | bolseara | bolseáramos | bolsearais | bolsearan | |
| imperfect (se) | bolsease | bolseases | bolsease | bolseásemos | bolseaseis | bolseasen | |
| future1 | bolseare | bolseares | bolseare | bolseáremos | bolseareis | bolsearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | bolseatú bolseávos | bolsee | bolseemos | bolsead | bolseen | ||
| negative | no bolsees | no bolsee | no bolseemos | no bolseéis | no bolseen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of bolsear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive bolsear | |||||||
| dative | bolsearme | bolsearte | bolsearle, bolsearse | bolsearnos | bolsearos | bolsearles, bolsearse | |
| accusative | bolsearme | bolsearte | bolsearlo, bolsearla, bolsearse | bolsearnos | bolsearos | bolsearlos, bolsearlas, bolsearse | |
| with gerund bolseando | |||||||
| dative | bolseándome | bolseándote | bolseándole, bolseándose | bolseándonos | bolseándoos | bolseándoles, bolseándose | |
| accusative | bolseándome | bolseándote | bolseándolo, bolseándola, bolseándose | bolseándonos | bolseándoos | bolseándolos, bolseándolas, bolseándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative bolsea | |||||||
| dative | bolséame | bolséate | bolséale | bolséanos | not used | bolséales | |
| accusative | bolséame | bolséate | bolséalo, bolséala | bolséanos | not used | bolséalos, bolséalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative bolseá | |||||||
| dative | bolseame | bolseate | bolseale | bolseanos | not used | bolseales | |
| accusative | bolseame | bolseate | bolsealo, bolseala | bolseanos | not used | bolsealos, bolsealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative bolsee | |||||||
| dative | bolséeme | not used | bolséele, bolséese | bolséenos | not used | bolséeles | |
| accusative | bolséeme | not used | bolséelo, bolséela, bolséese | bolséenos | not used | bolséelos, bolséelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative bolseemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | bolseémoste | bolseémosle | bolseémonos | bolseémoos | bolseémosles | |
| accusative | not used | bolseémoste | bolseémoslo, bolseémosla | bolseémonos | bolseémoos | bolseémoslos, bolseémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative bolsead | |||||||
| dative | bolseadme | not used | bolseadle | bolseadnos | bolseaos | bolseadles | |
| accusative | bolseadme | not used | bolseadlo, bolseadla | bolseadnos | bolseaos | bolseadlos, bolseadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative bolseen | |||||||
| dative | bolséenme | not used | bolséenle | bolséennos | not used | bolséenles, bolséense | |
| accusative | bolséenme | not used | bolséenlo, bolséenla | bolséennos | not used | bolséenlos, bolséenlas, bolséense | |
Further reading
- “bolsear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014