pololear

Spanish

Etymology

From pololo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pololeˈaɾ/ [po.lo.leˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: po‧lo‧le‧ar

Verb

pololear (first-person singular present pololeo, first-person singular preterite pololeé, past participle pololeado)

(Chile, colloquial) to court, woo
(Chile, colloquial) to go steady

Conjugation

Conjugation of pololear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			pololear
gerund			pololeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pololeado		pololeada
		plural		pololeados		pololeadas
		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	pololeo	pololeas^{^tú} pololeás^{^vos}	pololea	pololeamos	pololeáis	pololean
	imperfect	pololeaba	pololeabas	pololeaba	pololeábamos	pololeabais	pololeaban
	preterite	pololeé	pololeaste	pololeó	pololeamos	pololeasteis	pololearon
	future	pololearé	pololearás	pololeará	pololearemos	pololearéis	pololearán
	conditional	pololearía	pololearías	pololearía	pololearíamos	pololearíais	pololearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pololee	pololees^{^tú} pololeés^{^vos²}	pololee	pololeemos	pololeéis	pololeen
	imperfect (ra)	pololeara	pololearas	pololeara	pololeáramos	pololearais	pololearan
	imperfect (se)	pololease	pololeases	pololease	pololeásemos	pololeaseis	pololeasen
	future¹	pololeare	pololeares	pololeare	pololeáremos	pololeareis	pololearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pololea^{^tú} pololeá^{^vos}	pololee	pololeemos	pololead	pololeen
	negative		no pololees	no pololee	no pololeemos	no pololeéis	no pololeen

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

Derived terms

pololeo

Further reading

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

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