moquear

Portuguese

Etymology

From moquém +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mo.keˈa(h)], /mu.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mu.keˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mo.keˈa(h)], /mu.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mu.keˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mo.keˈa(ɾ)/, /mu.keˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mo.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mo.keˈa(χ)], /mu.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mu.keˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.keˈa(ɻ)/, /mu.keˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈkjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈkjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈkja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mo‧que‧ar

Verb

moquear (first-person singular present moqueio, first-person singular preterite moqueei, past participle moqueado)

1. (transitive, Brazil) to buccan
2. (transitive, Brazil, broadly) to grill; to barbecue

   Synonyms: assar, grelhar, sapecar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moquear (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	moquear
Personal	moquear	moqueares	moquear	moquearmos	moqueardes	moquearem
Gerund
	moqueando
Past participle
Masculine	moqueado			moqueados
Feminine	moqueada			moqueadas
Indicative
Present	moqueio	moqueias	moqueia	moqueamos	moqueais	moqueiam
Imperfect	moqueava	moqueavas	moqueava	moqueávamos	moqueáveis	moqueavam
Preterite	moqueei	moqueaste	moqueou	moqueamos1, moqueámos2	moqueastes	moquearam
Pluperfect	moqueara	moquearas	moqueara	moqueáramos	moqueáreis	moquearam
Future	moquearei	moquearás	moqueará	moquearemos	moqueareis	moquearão
Conditional	moquearia	moquearias	moquearia	moquearíamos	moquearíeis	moqueariam
Subjunctive
Present	moqueie	moqueies	moqueie	moqueemos	moqueeis	moqueiem
Imperfect	moqueasse	moqueasses	moqueasse	moqueássemos	moqueásseis	moqueassem
Future	moquear	moqueares	moquear	moquearmos	moqueardes	moquearem
Imperative
Affirmative		moqueia	moqueie	moqueemos	moqueai	moqueiem
Negative (não)		não moqueies	não moqueie	não moqueemos	não moqueeis	não moqueiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “moquear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “moquear”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “moquear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “moquear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “moquear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “moquear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From moco +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mokeˈaɾ/ [mo.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧que‧ar

Verb

moquear (first-person singular present moqueo, first-person singular preterite moqueé, past participle moqueado)

1. to have a runny nose
2. (reflexive) to run

   Me moquea la nariz.

   My nose is running.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			moquear
gerund			moqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		moqueado		moqueada
		plural		moqueados		moqueadas
		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	moqueo	moqueastú moqueásvos	moquea	moqueamos	moqueáis	moquean
	imperfect	moqueaba	moqueabas	moqueaba	moqueábamos	moqueabais	moqueaban
	preterite	moqueé	moqueaste	moqueó	moqueamos	moqueasteis	moquearon
	future	moquearé	moquearás	moqueará	moquearemos	moquearéis	moquearán
	conditional	moquearía	moquearías	moquearía	moquearíamos	moquearíais	moquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	moquee	moqueestú moqueésvos2	moquee	moqueemos	moqueéis	moqueen
	imperfect (ra)	moqueara	moquearas	moqueara	moqueáramos	moquearais	moquearan
	imperfect (se)	moquease	moqueases	moquease	moqueásemos	moqueaseis	moqueasen
	future1	moqueare	moqueares	moqueare	moqueáremos	moqueareis	moquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		moqueatú moqueávos	moquee	moqueemos	moquead	moqueen
	negative		no moquees	no moquee	no moqueemos	no moqueéis	no moqueen

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

Further reading

• “moquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16