colorear

Spanish

Etymology

From color +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koloɾeˈaɾ/ [ko.lo.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧re‧ar

Verb

colorear (first-person singular present coloreo, first-person singular preterite coloreé, past participle coloreado)

1. to color
2. to ripen

   Synonym: madurar

3. to colorize (a photograph)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colorear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			colorear
gerund			coloreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coloreado		coloreada
		plural		coloreados		coloreadas
		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	coloreo	coloreastú coloreásvos	colorea	coloreamos	coloreáis	colorean
	imperfect	coloreaba	coloreabas	coloreaba	coloreábamos	coloreabais	coloreaban
	preterite	coloreé	coloreaste	coloreó	coloreamos	coloreasteis	colorearon
	future	colorearé	colorearás	coloreará	colorearemos	colorearéis	colorearán
	conditional	colorearía	colorearías	colorearía	colorearíamos	colorearíais	colorearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coloree	coloreestú coloreésvos2	coloree	coloreemos	coloreéis	coloreen
	imperfect (ra)	coloreara	colorearas	coloreara	coloreáramos	colorearais	colorearan
	imperfect (se)	colorease	coloreases	colorease	coloreásemos	coloreaseis	coloreasen
	future1	coloreare	coloreares	coloreare	coloreáremos	coloreareis	colorearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coloreatú coloreávos	coloree	coloreemos	coloread	coloreen
	negative		no colorees	no coloree	no coloreemos	no coloreéis	no coloreen

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

    Selected combined forms of colorear

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 colorear
	dative	colorearme	colorearte	colorearle, colorearse	colorearnos	colorearos	colorearles, colorearse
	accusative	colorearme	colorearte	colorearlo, colorearla, colorearse	colorearnos	colorearos	colorearlos, colorearlas, colorearse
with gerund coloreando
	dative	coloreándome	coloreándote	coloreándole, coloreándose	coloreándonos	coloreándoos	coloreándoles, coloreándose
	accusative	coloreándome	coloreándote	coloreándolo, coloreándola, coloreándose	coloreándonos	coloreándoos	coloreándolos, coloreándolas, coloreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colorea
	dative	coloréame	coloréate	coloréale	coloréanos	not used	coloréales
	accusative	coloréame	coloréate	coloréalo, coloréala	coloréanos	not used	coloréalos, coloréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coloreá
	dative	coloreame	coloreate	coloreale	coloreanos	not used	coloreales
	accusative	coloreame	coloreate	colorealo, coloreala	coloreanos	not used	colorealos, colorealas
with formal second-person singular imperative coloree
	dative	coloréeme	not used	coloréele, coloréese	coloréenos	not used	coloréeles
	accusative	coloréeme	not used	coloréelo, coloréela, coloréese	coloréenos	not used	coloréelos, coloréelas
with first-person plural imperative coloreemos
	dative	not used	coloreémoste	coloreémosle	coloreémonos	coloreémoos	coloreémosles
	accusative	not used	coloreémoste	coloreémoslo, coloreémosla	coloreémonos	coloreémoos	coloreémoslos, coloreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coloread
	dative	coloreadme	not used	coloreadle	coloreadnos	coloreaos	coloreadles
	accusative	coloreadme	not used	coloreadlo, coloreadla	coloreadnos	coloreaos	coloreadlos, coloreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coloreen
	dative	coloréenme	not used	coloréenle	coloréennos	not used	coloréenles, coloréense
	accusative	coloréenme	not used	coloréenlo, coloréenla	coloréennos	not used	coloréenlos, coloréenlas, coloréense

Related terms

• colorar
• colorir

 

Further reading

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