farolear

Spanish

Etymology

From farol +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɾoleˈaɾ/ [fa.ɾo.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧ro‧le‧ar

Verb

farolear (first-person singular present faroleo, first-person singular preterite faroleé, past participle faroleado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to swagger, boast, brag

   Synonyms: cachiporrearse, fanfarronear, farandulear, jactarse, presumir, ostentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of farolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			farolear
gerund			faroleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		faroleado		faroleada
		plural		faroleados		faroleadas
		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	faroleo	faroleastú faroleásvos	farolea	faroleamos	faroleáis	farolean
	imperfect	faroleaba	faroleabas	faroleaba	faroleábamos	faroleabais	faroleaban
	preterite	faroleé	faroleaste	faroleó	faroleamos	faroleasteis	farolearon
	future	farolearé	farolearás	faroleará	farolearemos	farolearéis	farolearán
	conditional	farolearía	farolearías	farolearía	farolearíamos	farolearíais	farolearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	farolee	faroleestú faroleésvos2	farolee	faroleemos	faroleéis	faroleen
	imperfect (ra)	faroleara	farolearas	faroleara	faroleáramos	farolearais	farolearan
	imperfect (se)	farolease	faroleases	farolease	faroleásemos	faroleaseis	faroleasen
	future1	faroleare	faroleares	faroleare	faroleáremos	faroleareis	farolearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		faroleatú faroleávos	farolee	faroleemos	farolead	faroleen
	negative		no farolees	no farolee	no faroleemos	no faroleéis	no faroleen

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

Further reading

• “farolear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10