jarrear

Spanish

Etymology

From jarra +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xareˈaɾ/ [xa.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧rre‧ar

Verb

jarrear (first-person singular present jarreo, first-person singular preterite jarreé, past participle jarreado)

1. (impersonal, Spain, colloquial) to bucket down, to rain in buckets
2. (intransitive) to draw water frequently (from a well), so the veins do not become blocked
3. (intransitive, colloquial) to draw (water or wine) frequently, using a jug

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jarrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jarrear
gerund			jarreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jarreado		jarreada
		plural		jarreados		jarreadas
		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	jarreo	jarreastú jarreásvos	jarrea	jarreamos	jarreáis	jarrean
	imperfect	jarreaba	jarreabas	jarreaba	jarreábamos	jarreabais	jarreaban
	preterite	jarreé	jarreaste	jarreó	jarreamos	jarreasteis	jarrearon
	future	jarrearé	jarrearás	jarreará	jarrearemos	jarrearéis	jarrearán
	conditional	jarrearía	jarrearías	jarrearía	jarrearíamos	jarrearíais	jarrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jarree	jarreestú jarreésvos2	jarree	jarreemos	jarreéis	jarreen
	imperfect (ra)	jarreara	jarrearas	jarreara	jarreáramos	jarrearais	jarrearan
	imperfect (se)	jarrease	jarreases	jarrease	jarreásemos	jarreaseis	jarreasen
	future1	jarreare	jarreares	jarreare	jarreáremos	jarreareis	jarrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jarreatú jarreávos	jarree	jarreemos	jarread	jarreen
	negative		no jarrees	no jarree	no jarreemos	no jarreéis	no jarreen

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

Further reading

• “jarrear”, 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