chacharear

Spanish

Etymology

From cháchara +‎ -ear.

Verb

chacharear (first-person singular present chachareo, first-person singular preterite chachareé, past participle chachareado)

1. (colloquial, intransitive) to babble (talk much)

   Synonym: parlar

2. (colloquial, intransitive) to piffle (speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner)
3. (colloquial, transitive) to buy trinket

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chacharear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chacharear
gerund			chachareando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chachareado		chachareada
		plural		chachareados		chachareadas
		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	chachareo	chachareastú chachareásvos	chacharea	chachareamos	chachareáis	chacharean
	imperfect	chachareaba	chachareabas	chachareaba	chachareábamos	chachareabais	chachareaban
	preterite	chachareé	chachareaste	chachareó	chachareamos	chachareasteis	chacharearon
	future	chacharearé	chacharearás	chachareará	chacharearemos	chacharearéis	chacharearán
	conditional	chacharearía	chacharearías	chacharearía	chacharearíamos	chacharearíais	chacharearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chacharee	chachareestú chachareésvos2	chacharee	chachareemos	chachareéis	chachareen
	imperfect (ra)	chachareara	chacharearas	chachareara	chachareáramos	chacharearais	chacharearan
	imperfect (se)	chacharease	chachareases	chacharease	chachareásemos	chachareaseis	chachareasen
	future1	chachareare	chachareares	chachareare	chachareáremos	chachareareis	chacharearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chachareatú chachareávos	chacharee	chachareemos	chacharead	chachareen
	negative		no chacharees	no chacharee	no chachareemos	no chachareéis	no chachareen

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

Further reading

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