merodear

Spanish

Etymology

From merode +‎ -ar, from dialectal French méraude, maraud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾodeˈaɾ/ [me.ɾo.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧ro‧de‧ar

Verb

merodear (first-person singular present merodeo, first-person singular preterite merodeé, past participle merodeado)

1. to prowl, to skulk
2. to maraud; to raid; to pillage
3. to stalk, loiter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of merodear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			merodear
gerund			merodeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		merodeado		merodeada
		plural		merodeados		merodeadas
		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	merodeo	merodeastú merodeásvos	merodea	merodeamos	merodeáis	merodean
	imperfect	merodeaba	merodeabas	merodeaba	merodeábamos	merodeabais	merodeaban
	preterite	merodeé	merodeaste	merodeó	merodeamos	merodeasteis	merodearon
	future	merodearé	merodearás	merodeará	merodearemos	merodearéis	merodearán
	conditional	merodearía	merodearías	merodearía	merodearíamos	merodearíais	merodearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	merodee	merodeestú merodeésvos2	merodee	merodeemos	merodeéis	merodeen
	imperfect (ra)	merodeara	merodearas	merodeara	merodeáramos	merodearais	merodearan
	imperfect (se)	merodease	merodeases	merodease	merodeásemos	merodeaseis	merodeasen
	future1	merodeare	merodeares	merodeare	merodeáremos	merodeareis	merodearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		merodeatú merodeávos	merodee	merodeemos	merodead	merodeen
	negative		no merodees	no merodee	no merodeemos	no merodeéis	no merodeen

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

    Selected combined forms of merodear

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 merodear
	dative	merodearme	merodearte	merodearle, merodearse	merodearnos	merodearos	merodearles, merodearse
	accusative	merodearme	merodearte	merodearlo, merodearla, merodearse	merodearnos	merodearos	merodearlos, merodearlas, merodearse
with gerund merodeando
	dative	merodeándome	merodeándote	merodeándole, merodeándose	merodeándonos	merodeándoos	merodeándoles, merodeándose
	accusative	merodeándome	merodeándote	merodeándolo, merodeándola, merodeándose	merodeándonos	merodeándoos	merodeándolos, merodeándolas, merodeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative merodea
	dative	merodéame	merodéate	merodéale	merodéanos	not used	merodéales
	accusative	merodéame	merodéate	merodéalo, merodéala	merodéanos	not used	merodéalos, merodéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative merodeá
	dative	merodeame	merodeate	merodeale	merodeanos	not used	merodeales
	accusative	merodeame	merodeate	merodealo, merodeala	merodeanos	not used	merodealos, merodealas
with formal second-person singular imperative merodee
	dative	merodéeme	not used	merodéele, merodéese	merodéenos	not used	merodéeles
	accusative	merodéeme	not used	merodéelo, merodéela, merodéese	merodéenos	not used	merodéelos, merodéelas
with first-person plural imperative merodeemos
	dative	not used	merodeémoste	merodeémosle	merodeémonos	merodeémoos	merodeémosles
	accusative	not used	merodeémoste	merodeémoslo, merodeémosla	merodeémonos	merodeémoos	merodeémoslos, merodeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative merodead
	dative	merodeadme	not used	merodeadle	merodeadnos	merodeaos	merodeadles
	accusative	merodeadme	not used	merodeadlo, merodeadla	merodeadnos	merodeaos	merodeadlos, merodeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative merodeen
	dative	merodéenme	not used	merodéenle	merodéennos	not used	merodéenles, merodéense
	accusative	merodéenme	not used	merodéenlo, merodéenla	merodéennos	not used	merodéenlos, merodéenlas, merodéense

Derived terms

• merodeo

 

Further reading

• “merodear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28