fantasear

Spanish

Etymology

From fantasía +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fantaseˈaɾ/ [fãn̪.t̪a.seˈaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fan‧ta‧se‧ar

Verb

fantasear (first-person singular present fantaseo, first-person singular preterite fantaseé, past participle fantaseado)

1. to fantasize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fantasear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fantasear
gerund			fantaseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fantaseado		fantaseada
		plural		fantaseados		fantaseadas
		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	fantaseo	fantaseastú fantaseásvos	fantasea	fantaseamos	fantaseáis	fantasean
	imperfect	fantaseaba	fantaseabas	fantaseaba	fantaseábamos	fantaseabais	fantaseaban
	preterite	fantaseé	fantaseaste	fantaseó	fantaseamos	fantaseasteis	fantasearon
	future	fantasearé	fantasearás	fantaseará	fantasearemos	fantasearéis	fantasearán
	conditional	fantasearía	fantasearías	fantasearía	fantasearíamos	fantasearíais	fantasearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fantasee	fantaseestú fantaseésvos2	fantasee	fantaseemos	fantaseéis	fantaseen
	imperfect (ra)	fantaseara	fantasearas	fantaseara	fantaseáramos	fantasearais	fantasearan
	imperfect (se)	fantasease	fantaseases	fantasease	fantaseásemos	fantaseaseis	fantaseasen
	future1	fantaseare	fantaseares	fantaseare	fantaseáremos	fantaseareis	fantasearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fantaseatú fantaseávos	fantasee	fantaseemos	fantasead	fantaseen
	negative		no fantasees	no fantasee	no fantaseemos	no fantaseéis	no fantaseen

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

Further reading

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