bucear
Spanish
Etymology
From buzo + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /buθeˈaɾ/ [bu.θeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /buseˈaɾ/ [bu.seˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bu‧ce‧ar
Verb
bucear (first-person singular present buceo, first-person singular preterite buceé, past participle buceado)
- to dive, to swim under water
- Synonym: buzar
- to snorkel
- to work as a diver
- (figuratively) to delve into
- (slang, Venezuela) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bucear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | bucear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | buceando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | buceado | buceada | |||||
| plural | buceados | buceadas | |||||
| 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 | buceo | buceastú buceásvos | bucea | buceamos | buceáis | bucean | |
| imperfect | buceaba | buceabas | buceaba | buceábamos | buceabais | buceaban | |
| preterite | buceé | buceaste | buceó | buceamos | buceasteis | bucearon | |
| future | bucearé | bucearás | buceará | bucearemos | bucearéis | bucearán | |
| conditional | bucearía | bucearías | bucearía | bucearíamos | bucearíais | bucearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bucee | buceestú buceésvos2 | bucee | buceemos | buceéis | buceen | |
| imperfect (ra) | buceara | bucearas | buceara | buceáramos | bucearais | bucearan | |
| imperfect (se) | bucease | buceases | bucease | buceásemos | buceaseis | buceasen | |
| future1 | buceare | buceares | buceare | buceáremos | buceareis | bucearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | buceatú buceávos | bucee | buceemos | bucead | buceen | ||
| negative | no bucees | no bucee | no buceemos | no buceéis | no buceen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- buceador
- buceo
- buzo
Further reading
- “bucear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014