loquear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lokeˈaɾ/ [lo.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lo‧que‧ar

Etymology 1

From loco +‎ -ear.

Verb

loquear (first-person singular present loqueo, first-person singular preterite loqueé, past participle loqueado)

1. (intransitive) to act foolishly or crazy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of loquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			loquear
gerund			loqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		loqueado		loqueada
		plural		loqueados		loqueadas
		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	loqueo	loqueastú loqueásvos	loquea	loqueamos	loqueáis	loquean
	imperfect	loqueaba	loqueabas	loqueaba	loqueábamos	loqueabais	loqueaban
	preterite	loqueé	loqueaste	loqueó	loqueamos	loqueasteis	loquearon
	future	loquearé	loquearás	loqueará	loquearemos	loquearéis	loquearán
	conditional	loquearía	loquearías	loquearía	loquearíamos	loquearíais	loquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	loquee	loqueestú loqueésvos2	loquee	loqueemos	loqueéis	loqueen
	imperfect (ra)	loqueara	loquearas	loqueara	loqueáramos	loquearais	loquearan
	imperfect (se)	loquease	loqueases	loquease	loqueásemos	loqueaseis	loqueasen
	future1	loqueare	loqueares	loqueare	loqueáremos	loqueareis	loquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		loqueatú loqueávos	loquee	loqueemos	loquead	loqueen
	negative		no loquees	no loquee	no loqueemos	no loqueéis	no loqueen

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

Related terms

• loqueo

Etymology 2

From English lock +‎ -ear.

Verb

loquear (first-person singular present loqueo, first-person singular preterite loqueé, past participle loqueado)

1. (transitive, Mexico, US, Philippines) to lock

Conjugation

    Conjugation of loquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			loquear
gerund			loqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		loqueado		loqueada
		plural		loqueados		loqueadas
		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	loqueo	loqueastú loqueásvos	loquea	loqueamos	loqueáis	loquean
	imperfect	loqueaba	loqueabas	loqueaba	loqueábamos	loqueabais	loqueaban
	preterite	loqueé	loqueaste	loqueó	loqueamos	loqueasteis	loquearon
	future	loquearé	loquearás	loqueará	loquearemos	loquearéis	loquearán
	conditional	loquearía	loquearías	loquearía	loquearíamos	loquearíais	loquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	loquee	loqueestú loqueésvos2	loquee	loqueemos	loqueéis	loqueen
	imperfect (ra)	loqueara	loquearas	loqueara	loqueáramos	loquearais	loquearan
	imperfect (se)	loquease	loqueases	loquease	loqueásemos	loqueaseis	loqueasen
	future1	loqueare	loqueares	loqueare	loqueáremos	loqueareis	loquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		loqueatú loqueávos	loquee	loqueemos	loquead	loqueen
	negative		no loquees	no loquee	no loqueemos	no loqueéis	no loqueen

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

Further reading

• “loquear”, 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