chismorrear

Spanish

Etymology

From chisme (“gossip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃismoreˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃiz.mo.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chis‧mo‧rre‧ar

Verb

chismorrear (first-person singular present chismorreo, first-person singular preterite chismorreé, past participle chismorreado)

1. to gossip

   Synonyms: chafardear, chismear, comadrear, cotillear, cuchichear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chismorrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chismorrear
gerund			chismorreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chismorreado		chismorreada
		plural		chismorreados		chismorreadas
		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	chismorreo	chismorreastú chismorreásvos	chismorrea	chismorreamos	chismorreáis	chismorrean
	imperfect	chismorreaba	chismorreabas	chismorreaba	chismorreábamos	chismorreabais	chismorreaban
	preterite	chismorreé	chismorreaste	chismorreó	chismorreamos	chismorreasteis	chismorrearon
	future	chismorrearé	chismorrearás	chismorreará	chismorrearemos	chismorrearéis	chismorrearán
	conditional	chismorrearía	chismorrearías	chismorrearía	chismorrearíamos	chismorrearíais	chismorrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chismorree	chismorreestú chismorreésvos2	chismorree	chismorreemos	chismorreéis	chismorreen
	imperfect (ra)	chismorreara	chismorrearas	chismorreara	chismorreáramos	chismorrearais	chismorrearan
	imperfect (se)	chismorrease	chismorreases	chismorrease	chismorreásemos	chismorreaseis	chismorreasen
	future1	chismorreare	chismorreares	chismorreare	chismorreáremos	chismorreareis	chismorrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chismorreatú chismorreávos	chismorree	chismorreemos	chismorread	chismorreen
	negative		no chismorrees	no chismorree	no chismorreemos	no chismorreéis	no chismorreen

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

Derived terms

• chismorreo

 

Further reading

• “chismorrear”, 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