farrear

Spanish

Etymology

From farra (“a party”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fareˈaɾ/ [fa.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧rre‧ar

Verb

farrear (first-person singular present farreo, first-person singular preterite farreé, past participle farreado)

1. (Latin America, intransitive) to party
2. (Latin America, colloquial, reflexive, transitive) to gamble away, waste, guzzle

   Synonyms: derrochar, desperdiciar, despilfarrar, malbaratar, malgastar

   Nos farreamos toda la plata.

   We have wasted all the money.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of farrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			farrear
gerund			farreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		farreado		farreada
		plural		farreados		farreadas
		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	farreo	farreastú farreásvos	farrea	farreamos	farreáis	farrean
	imperfect	farreaba	farreabas	farreaba	farreábamos	farreabais	farreaban
	preterite	farreé	farreaste	farreó	farreamos	farreasteis	farrearon
	future	farrearé	farrearás	farreará	farrearemos	farrearéis	farrearán
	conditional	farrearía	farrearías	farrearía	farrearíamos	farrearíais	farrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	farree	farreestú farreésvos2	farree	farreemos	farreéis	farreen
	imperfect (ra)	farreara	farrearas	farreara	farreáramos	farrearais	farrearan
	imperfect (se)	farrease	farreases	farrease	farreásemos	farreaseis	farreasen
	future1	farreare	farreares	farreare	farreáremos	farreareis	farrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		farreatú farreávos	farree	farreemos	farread	farreen
	negative		no farrees	no farree	no farreemos	no farreéis	no farreen

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

    Selected combined forms of farrear

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 farrear
	dative	farrearme	farrearte	farrearle, farrearse	farrearnos	farrearos	farrearles, farrearse
	accusative	farrearme	farrearte	farrearlo, farrearla, farrearse	farrearnos	farrearos	farrearlos, farrearlas, farrearse
with gerund farreando
	dative	farreándome	farreándote	farreándole, farreándose	farreándonos	farreándoos	farreándoles, farreándose
	accusative	farreándome	farreándote	farreándolo, farreándola, farreándose	farreándonos	farreándoos	farreándolos, farreándolas, farreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative farrea
	dative	farréame	farréate	farréale	farréanos	not used	farréales
	accusative	farréame	farréate	farréalo, farréala	farréanos	not used	farréalos, farréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative farreá
	dative	farreame	farreate	farreale	farreanos	not used	farreales
	accusative	farreame	farreate	farrealo, farreala	farreanos	not used	farrealos, farrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative farree
	dative	farréeme	not used	farréele, farréese	farréenos	not used	farréeles
	accusative	farréeme	not used	farréelo, farréela, farréese	farréenos	not used	farréelos, farréelas
with first-person plural imperative farreemos
	dative	not used	farreémoste	farreémosle	farreémonos	farreémoos	farreémosles
	accusative	not used	farreémoste	farreémoslo, farreémosla	farreémonos	farreémoos	farreémoslos, farreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative farread
	dative	farreadme	not used	farreadle	farreadnos	farreaos	farreadles
	accusative	farreadme	not used	farreadlo, farreadla	farreadnos	farreaos	farreadlos, farreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative farreen
	dative	farréenme	not used	farréenle	farréennos	not used	farréenles, farréense
	accusative	farréenme	not used	farréenlo, farréenla	farréennos	not used	farréenlos, farréenlas, farréense

Related terms

• despilfarrar
• fanfarrear
• fanfarrón
• farra

 

Further reading

• “farrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16