cabrear
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cabriar, cauriar (Chile, vulgar)
Etymology
cabra (“goat”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabɾeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧bre‧ar
Verb
cabrear (first-person singular present cabreo, first-person singular preterite cabreé, past participle cabreado)
- (transitive, colloquial) to annoy, bother, pester, to piss off, to make angry
- Synonyms: enfadar, fastidiar
- (reflexive, colloquial) to get angry
- Synonyms: enfadar, enojar, mosquear
- (reflexive, colloquial, Chile, Panama) to get sick and tired, to get bored, to get annoyed
- Synonyms: aburrir, hastiar, fastidiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of cabrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cabrear | ||||||
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gerund | cabreando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cabreado | cabreada | |||||
plural | cabreados | cabreadas | |||||
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 | cabreo | cabreastú cabreásvos | cabrea | cabreamos | cabreáis | cabrean | |
imperfect | cabreaba | cabreabas | cabreaba | cabreábamos | cabreabais | cabreaban | |
preterite | cabreé | cabreaste | cabreó | cabreamos | cabreasteis | cabrearon | |
future | cabrearé | cabrearás | cabreará | cabrearemos | cabrearéis | cabrearán | |
conditional | cabrearía | cabrearías | cabrearía | cabrearíamos | cabrearíais | cabrearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cabree | cabreestú cabreésvos2 | cabree | cabreemos | cabreéis | cabreen | |
imperfect (ra) | cabreara | cabrearas | cabreara | cabreáramos | cabrearais | cabrearan | |
imperfect (se) | cabrease | cabreases | cabrease | cabreásemos | cabreaseis | cabreasen | |
future1 | cabreare | cabreares | cabreare | cabreáremos | cabreareis | cabrearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cabreatú cabreávos | cabree | cabreemos | cabread | cabreen | ||
negative | no cabrees | no cabree | no cabreemos | no cabreéis | no cabreen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cabrear
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 cabrear | |||||||
dative | cabrearme | cabrearte | cabrearle, cabrearse | cabrearnos | cabrearos | cabrearles, cabrearse | |
accusative | cabrearme | cabrearte | cabrearlo, cabrearla, cabrearse | cabrearnos | cabrearos | cabrearlos, cabrearlas, cabrearse | |
with gerund cabreando | |||||||
dative | cabreándome | cabreándote | cabreándole, cabreándose | cabreándonos | cabreándoos | cabreándoles, cabreándose | |
accusative | cabreándome | cabreándote | cabreándolo, cabreándola, cabreándose | cabreándonos | cabreándoos | cabreándolos, cabreándolas, cabreándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cabrea | |||||||
dative | cabréame | cabréate | cabréale | cabréanos | not used | cabréales | |
accusative | cabréame | cabréate | cabréalo, cabréala | cabréanos | not used | cabréalos, cabréalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cabreá | |||||||
dative | cabreame | cabreate | cabreale | cabreanos | not used | cabreales | |
accusative | cabreame | cabreate | cabrealo, cabreala | cabreanos | not used | cabrealos, cabrealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cabree | |||||||
dative | cabréeme | not used | cabréele, cabréese | cabréenos | not used | cabréeles | |
accusative | cabréeme | not used | cabréelo, cabréela, cabréese | cabréenos | not used | cabréelos, cabréelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cabreemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cabreémoste | cabreémosle | cabreémonos | cabreémoos | cabreémosles | |
accusative | not used | cabreémoste | cabreémoslo, cabreémosla | cabreémonos | cabreémoos | cabreémoslos, cabreémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cabread | |||||||
dative | cabreadme | not used | cabreadle | cabreadnos | cabreaos | cabreadles | |
accusative | cabreadme | not used | cabreadlo, cabreadla | cabreadnos | cabreaos | cabreadlos, cabreadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cabreen | |||||||
dative | cabréenme | not used | cabréenle | cabréennos | not used | cabréenles, cabréense | |
accusative | cabréenme | not used | cabréenlo, cabréenla | cabréennos | not used | cabréenlos, cabréenlas, cabréense |
Derived terms
- cabreo
- cabreado
Related terms
- cabra
Further reading
- “cabrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014