dragonear

Spanish

Etymology

From dragón +‎ -ear.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾaɡoneˈaɾ/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dra‧go‧ne‧ar

Verb

dragonear (first-person singular present dragoneo, first-person singular preterite dragoneé, past participle dragoneado)

1. (Latin America) to pose (as a professional)
2. (Argentina, Peru) to show off; brag
3. (Uruguay) to hit on; flirt with
4. (Uruguay) to give the eye

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dragonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dragonear
gerund			dragoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dragoneado		dragoneada
		plural		dragoneados		dragoneadas
		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	dragoneo	dragoneastú dragoneásvos	dragonea	dragoneamos	dragoneáis	dragonean
	imperfect	dragoneaba	dragoneabas	dragoneaba	dragoneábamos	dragoneabais	dragoneaban
	preterite	dragoneé	dragoneaste	dragoneó	dragoneamos	dragoneasteis	dragonearon
	future	dragonearé	dragonearás	dragoneará	dragonearemos	dragonearéis	dragonearán
	conditional	dragonearía	dragonearías	dragonearía	dragonearíamos	dragonearíais	dragonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dragonee	dragoneestú dragoneésvos2	dragonee	dragoneemos	dragoneéis	dragoneen
	imperfect (ra)	dragoneara	dragonearas	dragoneara	dragoneáramos	dragonearais	dragonearan
	imperfect (se)	dragonease	dragoneases	dragonease	dragoneásemos	dragoneaseis	dragoneasen
	future1	dragoneare	dragoneares	dragoneare	dragoneáremos	dragoneareis	dragonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dragoneatú dragoneávos	dragonee	dragoneemos	dragonead	dragoneen
	negative		no dragonees	no dragonee	no dragoneemos	no dragoneéis	no dragoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of dragonear

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 dragonear
	dative	dragonearme	dragonearte	dragonearle, dragonearse	dragonearnos	dragonearos	dragonearles, dragonearse
	accusative	dragonearme	dragonearte	dragonearlo, dragonearla, dragonearse	dragonearnos	dragonearos	dragonearlos, dragonearlas, dragonearse
with gerund dragoneando
	dative	dragoneándome	dragoneándote	dragoneándole, dragoneándose	dragoneándonos	dragoneándoos	dragoneándoles, dragoneándose
	accusative	dragoneándome	dragoneándote	dragoneándolo, dragoneándola, dragoneándose	dragoneándonos	dragoneándoos	dragoneándolos, dragoneándolas, dragoneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dragonea
	dative	dragonéame	dragonéate	dragonéale	dragonéanos	not used	dragonéales
	accusative	dragonéame	dragonéate	dragonéalo, dragonéala	dragonéanos	not used	dragonéalos, dragonéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dragoneá
	dative	dragoneame	dragoneate	dragoneale	dragoneanos	not used	dragoneales
	accusative	dragoneame	dragoneate	dragonealo, dragoneala	dragoneanos	not used	dragonealos, dragonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative dragonee
	dative	dragonéeme	not used	dragonéele, dragonéese	dragonéenos	not used	dragonéeles
	accusative	dragonéeme	not used	dragonéelo, dragonéela, dragonéese	dragonéenos	not used	dragonéelos, dragonéelas
with first-person plural imperative dragoneemos
	dative	not used	dragoneémoste	dragoneémosle	dragoneémonos	dragoneémoos	dragoneémosles
	accusative	not used	dragoneémoste	dragoneémoslo, dragoneémosla	dragoneémonos	dragoneémoos	dragoneémoslos, dragoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dragonead
	dative	dragoneadme	not used	dragoneadle	dragoneadnos	dragoneaos	dragoneadles
	accusative	dragoneadme	not used	dragoneadlo, dragoneadla	dragoneadnos	dragoneaos	dragoneadlos, dragoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dragoneen
	dative	dragonéenme	not used	dragonéenle	dragonéennos	not used	dragonéenles, dragonéense
	accusative	dragonéenme	not used	dragonéenlo, dragonéenla	dragonéennos	not used	dragonéenlos, dragonéenlas, dragonéense

Further reading

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