bojear

Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan vogir (“to spin”), from Vulgar Latin *volgere, from Latin volvere (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boxeˈaɾ/ [bo.xeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧je‧ar

Verb

bojear (first-person singular present bojeo, first-person singular preterite bojeé, past participle bojeado)

1. (transitive) to measure the perimeter of an island

   Synonym: bojar

2. (transitive) to circumnavigate an island
3. (intransitive) to have a perimeter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bojear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bojear
gerund			bojeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bojeado		bojeada
		plural		bojeados		bojeadas
		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	bojeo	bojeastú bojeásvos	bojea	bojeamos	bojeáis	bojean
	imperfect	bojeaba	bojeabas	bojeaba	bojeábamos	bojeabais	bojeaban
	preterite	bojeé	bojeaste	bojeó	bojeamos	bojeasteis	bojearon
	future	bojearé	bojearás	bojeará	bojearemos	bojearéis	bojearán
	conditional	bojearía	bojearías	bojearía	bojearíamos	bojearíais	bojearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bojee	bojeestú bojeésvos2	bojee	bojeemos	bojeéis	bojeen
	imperfect (ra)	bojeara	bojearas	bojeara	bojeáramos	bojearais	bojearan
	imperfect (se)	bojease	bojeases	bojease	bojeásemos	bojeaseis	bojeasen
	future1	bojeare	bojeares	bojeare	bojeáremos	bojeareis	bojearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bojeatú bojeávos	bojee	bojeemos	bojead	bojeen
	negative		no bojees	no bojee	no bojeemos	no bojeéis	no bojeen

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

    Selected combined forms of bojear

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 bojear
	dative	bojearme	bojearte	bojearle, bojearse	bojearnos	bojearos	bojearles, bojearse
	accusative	bojearme	bojearte	bojearlo, bojearla, bojearse	bojearnos	bojearos	bojearlos, bojearlas, bojearse
with gerund bojeando
	dative	bojeándome	bojeándote	bojeándole, bojeándose	bojeándonos	bojeándoos	bojeándoles, bojeándose
	accusative	bojeándome	bojeándote	bojeándolo, bojeándola, bojeándose	bojeándonos	bojeándoos	bojeándolos, bojeándolas, bojeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bojea
	dative	bojéame	bojéate	bojéale	bojéanos	not used	bojéales
	accusative	bojéame	bojéate	bojéalo, bojéala	bojéanos	not used	bojéalos, bojéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bojeá
	dative	bojeame	bojeate	bojeale	bojeanos	not used	bojeales
	accusative	bojeame	bojeate	bojealo, bojeala	bojeanos	not used	bojealos, bojealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bojee
	dative	bojéeme	not used	bojéele, bojéese	bojéenos	not used	bojéeles
	accusative	bojéeme	not used	bojéelo, bojéela, bojéese	bojéenos	not used	bojéelos, bojéelas
with first-person plural imperative bojeemos
	dative	not used	bojeémoste	bojeémosle	bojeémonos	bojeémoos	bojeémosles
	accusative	not used	bojeémoste	bojeémoslo, bojeémosla	bojeémonos	bojeémoos	bojeémoslos, bojeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bojead
	dative	bojeadme	not used	bojeadle	bojeadnos	bojeaos	bojeadles
	accusative	bojeadme	not used	bojeadlo, bojeadla	bojeadnos	bojeaos	bojeadlos, bojeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bojeen
	dative	bojéenme	not used	bojéenle	bojéennos	not used	bojéenles, bojéense
	accusative	bojéenme	not used	bojéenlo, bojéenla	bojéennos	not used	bojéenlos, bojéenlas, bojéense

Further reading

• “bojear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28