carnavalear

Spanish

Etymology

From carnaval +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾnabaleˈaɾ/ [kaɾ.na.β̞a.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: car‧na‧va‧le‧ar

Verb

carnavalear (first-person singular present carnavaleo, first-person singular preterite carnavaleé, past participle carnavaleado)

1. (intransitive) to have a carnival, party at a carnival

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carnavalear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carnavalear
gerund			carnavaleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carnavaleado		carnavaleada
		plural		carnavaleados		carnavaleadas
		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	carnavaleo	carnavaleastú carnavaleásvos	carnavalea	carnavaleamos	carnavaleáis	carnavalean
	imperfect	carnavaleaba	carnavaleabas	carnavaleaba	carnavaleábamos	carnavaleabais	carnavaleaban
	preterite	carnavaleé	carnavaleaste	carnavaleó	carnavaleamos	carnavaleasteis	carnavalearon
	future	carnavalearé	carnavalearás	carnavaleará	carnavalearemos	carnavalearéis	carnavalearán
	conditional	carnavalearía	carnavalearías	carnavalearía	carnavalearíamos	carnavalearíais	carnavalearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carnavalee	carnavaleestú carnavaleésvos2	carnavalee	carnavaleemos	carnavaleéis	carnavaleen
	imperfect (ra)	carnavaleara	carnavalearas	carnavaleara	carnavaleáramos	carnavalearais	carnavalearan
	imperfect (se)	carnavalease	carnavaleases	carnavalease	carnavaleásemos	carnavaleaseis	carnavaleasen
	future1	carnavaleare	carnavaleares	carnavaleare	carnavaleáremos	carnavaleareis	carnavalearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carnavaleatú carnavaleávos	carnavalee	carnavaleemos	carnavalead	carnavaleen
	negative		no carnavalees	no carnavalee	no carnavaleemos	no carnavaleéis	no carnavaleen

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

Further reading

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