campear

Portuguese

Etymology

From campo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.peˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.peˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.peˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.peˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.peˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cam‧pe‧ar

Verb

campear (first-person singular present campeio, first-person singular preterite campeei, past participle campeado)

1. to camp

   Synonym: acampar

2. to battle, to war, to fight

   Synonyms: batalhar, guerrear, lutar

3. (Brazil) to ride a horse, especially over fields to help taking care of livestock

   Synonym: campeirar

4. (Brazil) to display, to flaunt

   Synonyms: ostentar, alardear, blasonar, exibir

5. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Southern Brazil) to look for, to search

   Synonym: procurar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	campear
Personal	campear	campeares	campear	campearmos	campeardes	campearem
Gerund
	campeando
Past participle
Masculine	campeado			campeados
Feminine	campeada			campeadas
Indicative
Present	campeio	campeias	campeia	campeamos	campeais	campeiam
Imperfect	campeava	campeavas	campeava	campeávamos	campeáveis	campeavam
Preterite	campeei	campeaste	campeou	campeamos1, campeámos2	campeastes	campearam
Pluperfect	campeara	campearas	campeara	campeáramos	campeáreis	campearam
Future	campearei	campearás	campeará	campearemos	campeareis	campearão
Conditional	campearia	campearias	campearia	campearíamos	campearíeis	campeariam
Subjunctive
Present	campeie	campeies	campeie	campeemos	campeeis	campeiem
Imperfect	campeasse	campeasses	campeasse	campeássemos	campeásseis	campeassem
Future	campear	campeares	campear	campearmos	campeardes	campearem
Imperative
Affirmative		campeia	campeie	campeemos	campeai	campeiem
Negative (não)		não campeies	não campeie	não campeemos	não campeeis	não campeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From campo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampeˈaɾ/ [kãm.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cam‧pe‧ar

Verb

campear (first-person singular present campeo, first-person singular preterite campeé, past participle campeado)

1. (agriculture) to graze
2. (agriculture) to work the fields
3. (agriculture) to guard the fields
4. (military) to reconnoitre
5. to park
6. to stand out
7. (video games) to camp (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			campear
gerund			campeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		campeado		campeada
		plural		campeados		campeadas
		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	campeo	campeastú campeásvos	campea	campeamos	campeáis	campean
	imperfect	campeaba	campeabas	campeaba	campeábamos	campeabais	campeaban
	preterite	campeé	campeaste	campeó	campeamos	campeasteis	campearon
	future	campearé	campearás	campeará	campearemos	campearéis	campearán
	conditional	campearía	campearías	campearía	campearíamos	campearíais	campearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	campee	campeestú campeésvos2	campee	campeemos	campeéis	campeen
	imperfect (ra)	campeara	campearas	campeara	campeáramos	campearais	campearan
	imperfect (se)	campease	campeases	campease	campeásemos	campeaseis	campeasen
	future1	campeare	campeares	campeare	campeáremos	campeareis	campearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		campeatú campeávos	campee	campeemos	campead	campeen
	negative		no campees	no campee	no campeemos	no campeéis	no campeen

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

Derived terms

• campero

 

Further reading

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