fanfarronear

Spanish

Etymology

From fanfarrón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanfaroneˈaɾ/ [fãɱ.fa.ro.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fan‧fa‧rro‧ne‧ar

Verb

fanfarronear (first-person singular present fanfarroneo, first-person singular preterite fanfarroneé, past participle fanfarroneado)

1. to brag, boast

   Synonyms: cachiporrearse, jactarse, presumir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fanfarronear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fanfarronear
gerund			fanfarroneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fanfarroneado		fanfarroneada
		plural		fanfarroneados		fanfarroneadas
		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	fanfarroneo	fanfarroneastú fanfarroneásvos	fanfarronea	fanfarroneamos	fanfarroneáis	fanfarronean
	imperfect	fanfarroneaba	fanfarroneabas	fanfarroneaba	fanfarroneábamos	fanfarroneabais	fanfarroneaban
	preterite	fanfarroneé	fanfarroneaste	fanfarroneó	fanfarroneamos	fanfarroneasteis	fanfarronearon
	future	fanfarronearé	fanfarronearás	fanfarroneará	fanfarronearemos	fanfarronearéis	fanfarronearán
	conditional	fanfarronearía	fanfarronearías	fanfarronearía	fanfarronearíamos	fanfarronearíais	fanfarronearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fanfarronee	fanfarroneestú fanfarroneésvos2	fanfarronee	fanfarroneemos	fanfarroneéis	fanfarroneen
	imperfect (ra)	fanfarroneara	fanfarronearas	fanfarroneara	fanfarroneáramos	fanfarronearais	fanfarronearan
	imperfect (se)	fanfarronease	fanfarroneases	fanfarronease	fanfarroneásemos	fanfarroneaseis	fanfarroneasen
	future1	fanfarroneare	fanfarroneares	fanfarroneare	fanfarroneáremos	fanfarroneareis	fanfarronearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fanfarroneatú fanfarroneávos	fanfarronee	fanfarroneemos	fanfarronead	fanfarroneen
	negative		no fanfarronees	no fanfarronee	no fanfarroneemos	no fanfarroneéis	no fanfarroneen

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

Related terms

• fanfarrón
• fanfarronada

 

Descendants

• Esperanto: fanfaroni

Further reading

• “fanfarronear”, 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