berrear

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoetic or from a Latin root *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, also Romanian zbiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bereˈaɾ/ [be.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧rre‧ar

Verb

berrear (first-person singular present berreo, first-person singular preterite berreé, past participle berreado)

1. (intransitive) to bellow
2. (intransitive) to cry, bawl

Conjugation

    Conjugation of berrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			berrear
gerund			berreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		berreado		berreada
		plural		berreados		berreadas
		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	berreo	berreastú berreásvos	berrea	berreamos	berreáis	berrean
	imperfect	berreaba	berreabas	berreaba	berreábamos	berreabais	berreaban
	preterite	berreé	berreaste	berreó	berreamos	berreasteis	berrearon
	future	berrearé	berrearás	berreará	berrearemos	berrearéis	berrearán
	conditional	berrearía	berrearías	berrearía	berrearíamos	berrearíais	berrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	berree	berreestú berreésvos2	berree	berreemos	berreéis	berreen
	imperfect (ra)	berreara	berrearas	berreara	berreáramos	berrearais	berrearan
	imperfect (se)	berrease	berreases	berrease	berreásemos	berreaseis	berreasen
	future1	berreare	berreares	berreare	berreáremos	berreareis	berrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		berreatú berreávos	berree	berreemos	berread	berreen
	negative		no berrees	no berree	no berreemos	no berreéis	no berreen

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

    Selected combined forms of berrear

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 berrear
	dative	berrearme	berrearte	berrearle, berrearse	berrearnos	berrearos	berrearles, berrearse
	accusative	berrearme	berrearte	berrearlo, berrearla, berrearse	berrearnos	berrearos	berrearlos, berrearlas, berrearse
with gerund berreando
	dative	berreándome	berreándote	berreándole, berreándose	berreándonos	berreándoos	berreándoles, berreándose
	accusative	berreándome	berreándote	berreándolo, berreándola, berreándose	berreándonos	berreándoos	berreándolos, berreándolas, berreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative berrea
	dative	berréame	berréate	berréale	berréanos	not used	berréales
	accusative	berréame	berréate	berréalo, berréala	berréanos	not used	berréalos, berréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative berreá
	dative	berreame	berreate	berreale	berreanos	not used	berreales
	accusative	berreame	berreate	berrealo, berreala	berreanos	not used	berrealos, berrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative berree
	dative	berréeme	not used	berréele, berréese	berréenos	not used	berréeles
	accusative	berréeme	not used	berréelo, berréela, berréese	berréenos	not used	berréelos, berréelas
with first-person plural imperative berreemos
	dative	not used	berreémoste	berreémosle	berreémonos	berreémoos	berreémosles
	accusative	not used	berreémoste	berreémoslo, berreémosla	berreémonos	berreémoos	berreémoslos, berreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative berread
	dative	berreadme	not used	berreadle	berreadnos	berreaos	berreadles
	accusative	berreadme	not used	berreadlo, berreadla	berreadnos	berreaos	berreadlos, berreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative berreen
	dative	berréenme	not used	berréenle	berréennos	not used	berréenles, berréense
	accusative	berréenme	not used	berréenlo, berréenla	berréennos	not used	berréenlos, berréenlas, berréense

Further reading

• “berrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28