gorrear

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From (de) gorra (“on someone's dime”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡoreˈaɾ/ [ɡo.reˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: go‧rre‧ar

Verb edit

gorrear (first-person singular present gorreo, first-person singular preterite gorreé, past participle gorreado)

(intransitive, colloquial) to live on someone's dime
Synonyms: gorronear, pepenar
to cheat (on one's spouse or partner)
Synonyms: encornudar, engañar, poner el gorro, poner los cuernos

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of gorrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			gorrear
gerund			gorreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gorreado		gorreada
		plural		gorreados		gorreadas
		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	gorreo	gorreas^{^tú} gorreás^{^vos}	gorrea	gorreamos	gorreáis	gorrean
	imperfect	gorreaba	gorreabas	gorreaba	gorreábamos	gorreabais	gorreaban
	preterite	gorreé	gorreaste	gorreó	gorreamos	gorreasteis	gorrearon
	future	gorrearé	gorrearás	gorreará	gorrearemos	gorrearéis	gorrearán
	conditional	gorrearía	gorrearías	gorrearía	gorrearíamos	gorrearíais	gorrearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gorree	gorrees^{^tú} gorreés^{^vos²}	gorree	gorreemos	gorreéis	gorreen
	imperfect (ra)	gorreara	gorrearas	gorreara	gorreáramos	gorrearais	gorrearan
	imperfect (se)	gorrease	gorreases	gorrease	gorreásemos	gorreaseis	gorreasen
	future¹	gorreare	gorreares	gorreare	gorreáremos	gorreareis	gorrearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gorrea^{^tú} gorreá^{^vos}	gorree	gorreemos	gorread	gorreen
	negative		no gorrees	no gorree	no gorreemos	no gorreéis	no gorreen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

“gorrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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