balacear

Spanish

Etymology

From balazo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /balaθeˈaɾ/ [ba.la.θeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /balaseˈaɾ/ [ba.la.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧ce‧ar

Verb

balacear (first-person singular present balaceo, first-person singular preterite balaceé, past participle balaceado)

1. (Cuba, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, transitive) to shoot up, shoot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balacear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			balacear
gerund			balaceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		balaceado		balaceada
		plural		balaceados		balaceadas
		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	balaceo	balaceastú balaceásvos	balacea	balaceamos	balaceáis	balacean
	imperfect	balaceaba	balaceabas	balaceaba	balaceábamos	balaceabais	balaceaban
	preterite	balaceé	balaceaste	balaceó	balaceamos	balaceasteis	balacearon
	future	balacearé	balacearás	balaceará	balacearemos	balacearéis	balacearán
	conditional	balacearía	balacearías	balacearía	balacearíamos	balacearíais	balacearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	balacee	balaceestú balaceésvos2	balacee	balaceemos	balaceéis	balaceen
	imperfect (ra)	balaceara	balacearas	balaceara	balaceáramos	balacearais	balacearan
	imperfect (se)	balacease	balaceases	balacease	balaceásemos	balaceaseis	balaceasen
	future1	balaceare	balaceares	balaceare	balaceáremos	balaceareis	balacearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		balaceatú balaceávos	balacee	balaceemos	balacead	balaceen
	negative		no balacees	no balacee	no balaceemos	no balaceéis	no balaceen

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

Further reading

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