lesear

Spanish

Etymology

From leso +‎ -ear.

Verb

lesear (first-person singular present leseo, first-person singular preterite leseé, past participle leseado)

(Chile, colloquial, intransitive) to be joking
(Chile, colloquial, intransitive) to idle doing stupid things
(Chile, colloquial, transitive) to play for a fool, to kid someone, to have someone on

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			lesear
gerund			leseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		leseado		leseada
		plural		leseados		leseadas
		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	leseo	leseas^{^tú} leseás^{^vos}	lesea	leseamos	leseáis	lesean
	imperfect	leseaba	leseabas	leseaba	leseábamos	leseabais	leseaban
	preterite	leseé	leseaste	leseó	leseamos	leseasteis	lesearon
	future	lesearé	lesearás	leseará	lesearemos	lesearéis	lesearán
	conditional	lesearía	lesearías	lesearía	lesearíamos	lesearíais	lesearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lesee	lesees^{^tú} leseés^{^vos²}	lesee	leseemos	leseéis	leseen
	imperfect (ra)	leseara	lesearas	leseara	leseáramos	lesearais	lesearan
	imperfect (se)	lesease	leseases	lesease	leseásemos	leseaseis	leseasen
	future¹	leseare	leseares	leseare	leseáremos	leseareis	lesearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lesea^{^tú} leseá^{^vos}	lesee	leseemos	lesead	leseen
	negative		no lesees	no lesee	no leseemos	no leseéis	no leseen

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

Selected combined forms of lesear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lesear
	dative	lesearme	lesearte	lesearle, lesearse	lesearnos	lesearos	lesearles, lesearse
	accusative	lesearme	lesearte	lesearlo, lesearla, lesearse	lesearnos	lesearos	lesearlos, lesearlas, lesearse

with gerund leseando
	dative	leseándome	leseándote	leseándole, leseándose	leseándonos	leseándoos	leseándoles, leseándose
	accusative	leseándome	leseándote	leseándolo, leseándola, leseándose	leseándonos	leseándoos	leseándolos, leseándolas, leseándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative lesea
	dative	leséame	leséate	leséale	leséanos	not used	leséales
	accusative	leséame	leséate	leséalo, leséala	leséanos	not used	leséalos, leséalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative leseá
	dative	leseame	leseate	leseale	leseanos	not used	leseales
	accusative	leseame	leseate	lesealo, leseala	leseanos	not used	lesealos, lesealas

with formal second-person singular imperative lesee
	dative	leséeme	not used	leséele, leséese	leséenos	not used	leséeles
	accusative	leséeme	not used	leséelo, leséela, leséese	leséenos	not used	leséelos, leséelas

with first-person plural imperative leseemos
	dative	not used	leseémoste	leseémosle	leseémonos	leseémoos	leseémosles
	accusative	not used	leseémoste	leseémoslo, leseémosla	leseémonos	leseémoos	leseémoslos, leseémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative lesead
	dative	leseadme	not used	leseadle	leseadnos	leseaos	leseadles
	accusative	leseadme	not used	leseadlo, leseadla	leseadnos	leseaos	leseadlos, leseadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative leseen
	dative	leséenme	not used	leséenle	leséennos	not used	leséenles, leséense
	accusative	leséenme	not used	leséenlo, leséenla	leséennos	not used	leséenlos, leséenlas, leséense

Derived terms

leseo