boletear

Spanish

Etymology

From boleta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boleteˈaɾ/ [bo.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧le‧te‧ar

Verb

boletear (first-person singular present boleteo, first-person singular preterite boleteé, past participle boleteado)

1. (Lunfardo) to kill; to murder

   Synonyms: asesinar, matar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of boletear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			boletear
gerund			boleteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		boleteado		boleteada
		plural		boleteados		boleteadas
		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	boleteo	boleteastú boleteásvos	boletea	boleteamos	boleteáis	boletean
	imperfect	boleteaba	boleteabas	boleteaba	boleteábamos	boleteabais	boleteaban
	preterite	boleteé	boleteaste	boleteó	boleteamos	boleteasteis	boletearon
	future	boletearé	boletearás	boleteará	boletearemos	boletearéis	boletearán
	conditional	boletearía	boletearías	boletearía	boletearíamos	boletearíais	boletearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	boletee	boleteestú boleteésvos2	boletee	boleteemos	boleteéis	boleteen
	imperfect (ra)	boleteara	boletearas	boleteara	boleteáramos	boletearais	boletearan
	imperfect (se)	boletease	boleteases	boletease	boleteásemos	boleteaseis	boleteasen
	future1	boleteare	boleteares	boleteare	boleteáremos	boleteareis	boletearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		boleteatú boleteávos	boletee	boleteemos	boletead	boleteen
	negative		no boletees	no boletee	no boleteemos	no boleteéis	no boleteen

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

Further reading

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