malear

Spanish

Etymology

From malo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maleˈaɾ/ [ma.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧le‧ar

Verb

malear (first-person singular present maleo, first-person singular preterite maleé, past participle maleado)

1. (transitive) to corrupt
2. (transitive) to pervert
3. (transitive) to make bad

Conjugation

    Conjugation of malear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			malear
gerund			maleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maleado		maleada
		plural		maleados		maleadas
		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	maleo	maleastú maleásvos	malea	maleamos	maleáis	malean
	imperfect	maleaba	maleabas	maleaba	maleábamos	maleabais	maleaban
	preterite	maleé	maleaste	maleó	maleamos	maleasteis	malearon
	future	malearé	malearás	maleará	malearemos	malearéis	malearán
	conditional	malearía	malearías	malearía	malearíamos	malearíais	malearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	malee	maleestú maleésvos2	malee	maleemos	maleéis	maleen
	imperfect (ra)	maleara	malearas	maleara	maleáramos	malearais	malearan
	imperfect (se)	malease	maleases	malease	maleásemos	maleaseis	maleasen
	future1	maleare	maleares	maleare	maleáremos	maleareis	malearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maleatú maleávos	malee	maleemos	malead	maleen
	negative		no malees	no malee	no maleemos	no maleéis	no maleen

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

    Selected combined forms of malear

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 malear	dative	malearme	malearte	malearle, malearse	malearnos	malearos	malearles, malearse
	accusative	malearme	malearte	malearlo, malearla, malearse	malearnos	malearos	malearlos, malearlas, malearse
with gerund maleando	dative	maleándome	maleándote	maleándole, maleándose	maleándonos	maleándoos	maleándoles, maleándose
	accusative	maleándome	maleándote	maleándolo, maleándola, maleándose	maleándonos	maleándoos	maleándolos, maleándolas, maleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative malea	dative	maléame	maléate	maléale	maléanos	not used	maléales
	accusative	maléame	maléate	maléalo, maléala	maléanos	not used	maléalos, maléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative maleá	dative	maleame	maleate	maleale	maleanos	not used	maleales
	accusative	maleame	maleate	malealo, maleala	maleanos	not used	malealos, malealas
with formal second-person singular imperative malee	dative	maléeme	not used	maléele, maléese	maléenos	not used	maléeles
	accusative	maléeme	not used	maléelo, maléela, maléese	maléenos	not used	maléelos, maléelas
with first-person plural imperative maleemos	dative	not used	maleémoste	maleémosle	maleémonos	maleémoos	maleémosles
	accusative	not used	maleémoste	maleémoslo, maleémosla	maleémonos	maleémoos	maleémoslos, maleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative malead	dative	maleadme	not used	maleadle	maleadnos	maleaos	maleadles
	accusative	maleadme	not used	maleadlo, maleadla	maleadnos	maleaos	maleadlos, maleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maleen	dative	maléenme	not used	maléenle	maléennos	not used	maléenles, maléense
	accusative	maléenme	not used	maléenlo, maléenla	maléennos	not used	maléenlos, maléenlas, maléense

Further reading

• “malear”, 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