sisear

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siseˈaɾ/ [si.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧se‧ar

Verb

sisear (first-person singular present siseo, first-person singular preterite siseé, past participle siseado)

1. to hiss

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sisear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sisear
gerund			siseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		siseado		siseada
		plural		siseados		siseadas
		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	siseo	siseastú siseásvos	sisea	siseamos	siseáis	sisean
	imperfect	siseaba	siseabas	siseaba	siseábamos	siseabais	siseaban
	preterite	siseé	siseaste	siseó	siseamos	siseasteis	sisearon
	future	sisearé	sisearás	siseará	sisearemos	sisearéis	sisearán
	conditional	sisearía	sisearías	sisearía	sisearíamos	sisearíais	sisearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sisee	siseestú siseésvos2	sisee	siseemos	siseéis	siseen
	imperfect (ra)	siseara	sisearas	siseara	siseáramos	sisearais	sisearan
	imperfect (se)	sisease	siseases	sisease	siseásemos	siseaseis	siseasen
	future1	siseare	siseares	siseare	siseáremos	siseareis	sisearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		siseatú siseávos	sisee	siseemos	sisead	siseen
	negative		no sisees	no sisee	no siseemos	no siseéis	no siseen

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

Derived terms

• siseo

 

Further reading

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