ranchear

Spanish

Etymology

From rancho +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rant͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [rãnʲ.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ran‧che‧ar

Verb

ranchear (first-person singular present rancheo, first-person singular preterite rancheé, past participle rancheado)

1. to set up a ranch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ranchear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ranchear
gerund			rancheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rancheado		rancheada
		plural		rancheados		rancheadas
		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	rancheo	rancheastú rancheásvos	ranchea	rancheamos	rancheáis	ranchean
	imperfect	rancheaba	rancheabas	rancheaba	rancheábamos	rancheabais	rancheaban
	preterite	rancheé	rancheaste	rancheó	rancheamos	rancheasteis	ranchearon
	future	ranchearé	ranchearás	rancheará	ranchearemos	ranchearéis	ranchearán
	conditional	ranchearía	ranchearías	ranchearía	ranchearíamos	ranchearíais	ranchearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ranchee	rancheestú rancheésvos2	ranchee	rancheemos	rancheéis	rancheen
	imperfect (ra)	rancheara	ranchearas	rancheara	rancheáramos	ranchearais	ranchearan
	imperfect (se)	ranchease	rancheases	ranchease	rancheásemos	rancheaseis	rancheasen
	future1	rancheare	rancheares	rancheare	rancheáremos	rancheareis	ranchearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rancheatú rancheávos	ranchee	rancheemos	ranchead	rancheen
	negative		no ranchees	no ranchee	no rancheemos	no rancheéis	no rancheen

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

Further reading

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