garronear

Spanish

Etymology

From garrón +‎ -ear.

Verb

garronear (first-person singular present garroneo, first-person singular preterite garroneé, past participle garroneado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, Rioplatense) to mooch off of
2. (intransitive, colloquial, Rioplatense) to freeload
3. (Rioplatense, rustic, of a dog) to nip at the legs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garronear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garronear
gerund			garroneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garroneado		garroneada
		plural		garroneados		garroneadas
		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	garroneo	garroneastú garroneásvos	garronea	garroneamos	garroneáis	garronean
	imperfect	garroneaba	garroneabas	garroneaba	garroneábamos	garroneabais	garroneaban
	preterite	garroneé	garroneaste	garroneó	garroneamos	garroneasteis	garronearon
	future	garronearé	garronearás	garroneará	garronearemos	garronearéis	garronearán
	conditional	garronearía	garronearías	garronearía	garronearíamos	garronearíais	garronearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garronee	garroneestú garroneésvos2	garronee	garroneemos	garroneéis	garroneen
	imperfect (ra)	garroneara	garronearas	garroneara	garroneáramos	garronearais	garronearan
	imperfect (se)	garronease	garroneases	garronease	garroneásemos	garroneaseis	garroneasen
	future1	garroneare	garroneares	garroneare	garroneáremos	garroneareis	garronearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garroneatú garroneávos	garronee	garroneemos	garronead	garroneen
	negative		no garronees	no garronee	no garroneemos	no garroneéis	no garroneen

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

Further reading

• “garronear”, 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