nalguear

Spanish

Etymology

From nalga (“buttock”).

Verb

nalguear (first-person singular present nalgueo, first-person singular preterite nalgueé, past participle nalgueado)

1. (intransitive) to move the buttocks excessively while walking
2. (Costa Rica and Mexico, transitive) to spank

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nalguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nalguear
gerund			nalgueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nalgueado		nalgueada
		plural		nalgueados		nalgueadas
		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	nalgueo	nalgueastú nalgueásvos	nalguea	nalgueamos	nalgueáis	nalguean
	imperfect	nalgueaba	nalgueabas	nalgueaba	nalgueábamos	nalgueabais	nalgueaban
	preterite	nalgueé	nalgueaste	nalgueó	nalgueamos	nalgueasteis	nalguearon
	future	nalguearé	nalguearás	nalgueará	nalguearemos	nalguearéis	nalguearán
	conditional	nalguearía	nalguearías	nalguearía	nalguearíamos	nalguearíais	nalguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nalguee	nalgueestú nalgueésvos2	nalguee	nalgueemos	nalgueéis	nalgueen
	imperfect (ra)	nalgueara	nalguearas	nalgueara	nalgueáramos	nalguearais	nalguearan
	imperfect (se)	nalguease	nalgueases	nalguease	nalgueásemos	nalgueaseis	nalgueasen
	future1	nalgueare	nalgueares	nalgueare	nalgueáremos	nalgueareis	nalguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nalgueatú nalgueávos	nalguee	nalgueemos	nalguead	nalgueen
	negative		no nalguees	no nalguee	no nalgueemos	no nalgueéis	no nalgueen

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

See also

• nalgada

Further reading

• “nalguear”, 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