campanear

Spanish

Etymology

From campana +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampaneˈaɾ/ [kãm.pa.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cam‧pa‧ne‧ar

Verb

campanear (first-person singular present campaneo, first-person singular preterite campaneé, past participle campaneado)

1. to chime (bells)
2. to spin; to bend (a flying object)
3. to spread the word; to reveal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			campanear
gerund			campaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		campaneado		campaneada
		plural		campaneados		campaneadas
		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	campaneo	campaneastú campaneásvos	campanea	campaneamos	campaneáis	campanean
	imperfect	campaneaba	campaneabas	campaneaba	campaneábamos	campaneabais	campaneaban
	preterite	campaneé	campaneaste	campaneó	campaneamos	campaneasteis	campanearon
	future	campanearé	campanearás	campaneará	campanearemos	campanearéis	campanearán
	conditional	campanearía	campanearías	campanearía	campanearíamos	campanearíais	campanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	campanee	campaneestú campaneésvos2	campanee	campaneemos	campaneéis	campaneen
	imperfect (ra)	campaneara	campanearas	campaneara	campaneáramos	campanearais	campanearan
	imperfect (se)	campanease	campaneases	campanease	campaneásemos	campaneaseis	campaneasen
	future1	campaneare	campaneares	campaneare	campaneáremos	campaneareis	campanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		campaneatú campaneávos	campanee	campaneemos	campanead	campaneen
	negative		no campanees	no campanee	no campaneemos	no campaneéis	no campaneen

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

Derived terms

• campaneárselas

Further reading

• “campanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10