pavonear

Portuguese

Etymology

From pavão (peacock) + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.vo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.vo.neˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.vo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.vo.neˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.vo.neˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.vo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.vo.neˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.vo.neˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.vuˈnjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.vuˈnjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.buˈnjaɾ/ [pɐ.βuˈnjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.vuˈnja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧vo‧ne‧ar

Verb

pavonear (first-person singular present pavoneio, first-person singular preterite pavoneei, past participle pavoneado)

1. (intransitive) to strut (to walk proudly or haughtily)
2. (transitive) to flaunt (to display with ostentation)
3. (transitive) to dress gaudily

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pavonear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pavonear
Personal	pavonear	pavoneares	pavonear	pavonearmos	pavoneardes	pavonearem
Gerund
	pavoneando
Past participle
Masculine	pavoneado			pavoneados
Feminine	pavoneada			pavoneadas
Indicative
Present	pavoneio	pavoneias	pavoneia	pavoneamos	pavoneais	pavoneiam
Imperfect	pavoneava	pavoneavas	pavoneava	pavoneávamos	pavoneáveis	pavoneavam
Preterite	pavoneei	pavoneaste	pavoneou	pavoneamos1, pavoneámos2	pavoneastes	pavonearam
Pluperfect	pavoneara	pavonearas	pavoneara	pavoneáramos	pavoneáreis	pavonearam
Future	pavonearei	pavonearás	pavoneará	pavonearemos	pavoneareis	pavonearão
Conditional	pavonearia	pavonearias	pavonearia	pavonearíamos	pavonearíeis	pavoneariam
Subjunctive
Present	pavoneie	pavoneies	pavoneie	pavoneemos	pavoneeis	pavoneiem
Imperfect	pavoneasse	pavoneasses	pavoneasse	pavoneássemos	pavoneásseis	pavoneassem
Future	pavonear	pavoneares	pavonear	pavonearmos	pavoneardes	pavonearem
Imperative
Affirmative		pavoneia	pavoneie	pavoneemos	pavoneai	pavoneiem
Negative (não)		não pavoneies	não pavoneie	não pavoneemos	não pavoneeis	não pavoneiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From pavón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paboneˈaɾ/ [pa.β̞o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧vo‧ne‧ar

Verb

pavonear (first-person singular present pavoneo, first-person singular preterite pavoneé, past participle pavoneado)

1. (intransitive) to strut, to show off
2. (reflexive) to strut around, to swagger, to sashay, to preen, to prance around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pavonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pavonear
gerund			pavoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pavoneado		pavoneada
		plural		pavoneados		pavoneadas
		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	pavoneo	pavoneastú pavoneásvos	pavonea	pavoneamos	pavoneáis	pavonean
	imperfect	pavoneaba	pavoneabas	pavoneaba	pavoneábamos	pavoneabais	pavoneaban
	preterite	pavoneé	pavoneaste	pavoneó	pavoneamos	pavoneasteis	pavonearon
	future	pavonearé	pavonearás	pavoneará	pavonearemos	pavonearéis	pavonearán
	conditional	pavonearía	pavonearías	pavonearía	pavonearíamos	pavonearíais	pavonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pavonee	pavoneestú pavoneésvos2	pavonee	pavoneemos	pavoneéis	pavoneen
	imperfect (ra)	pavoneara	pavonearas	pavoneara	pavoneáramos	pavonearais	pavonearan
	imperfect (se)	pavonease	pavoneases	pavonease	pavoneásemos	pavoneaseis	pavoneasen
	future1	pavoneare	pavoneares	pavoneare	pavoneáremos	pavoneareis	pavonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pavoneatú pavoneávos	pavonee	pavoneemos	pavonead	pavoneen
	negative		no pavonees	no pavonee	no pavoneemos	no pavoneéis	no pavoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of pavonear

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 pavonear	dative	pavonearme	pavonearte	pavonearle, pavonearse	pavonearnos	pavonearos	pavonearles, pavonearse
	accusative	pavonearme	pavonearte	pavonearlo, pavonearla, pavonearse	pavonearnos	pavonearos	pavonearlos, pavonearlas, pavonearse
with gerund pavoneando	dative	pavoneándome	pavoneándote	pavoneándole, pavoneándose	pavoneándonos	pavoneándoos	pavoneándoles, pavoneándose
	accusative	pavoneándome	pavoneándote	pavoneándolo, pavoneándola, pavoneándose	pavoneándonos	pavoneándoos	pavoneándolos, pavoneándolas, pavoneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pavonea	dative	pavonéame	pavonéate	pavonéale	pavonéanos	not used	pavonéales
	accusative	pavonéame	pavonéate	pavonéalo, pavonéala	pavonéanos	not used	pavonéalos, pavonéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pavoneá	dative	pavoneame	pavoneate	pavoneale	pavoneanos	not used	pavoneales
	accusative	pavoneame	pavoneate	pavonealo, pavoneala	pavoneanos	not used	pavonealos, pavonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative pavonee	dative	pavonéeme	not used	pavonéele, pavonéese	pavonéenos	not used	pavonéeles
	accusative	pavonéeme	not used	pavonéelo, pavonéela, pavonéese	pavonéenos	not used	pavonéelos, pavonéelas
with first-person plural imperative pavoneemos	dative	not used	pavoneémoste	pavoneémosle	pavoneémonos	pavoneémoos	pavoneémosles
	accusative	not used	pavoneémoste	pavoneémoslo, pavoneémosla	pavoneémonos	pavoneémoos	pavoneémoslos, pavoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pavonead	dative	pavoneadme	not used	pavoneadle	pavoneadnos	pavoneaos	pavoneadles
	accusative	pavoneadme	not used	pavoneadlo, pavoneadla	pavoneadnos	pavoneaos	pavoneadlos, pavoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pavoneen	dative	pavonéenme	not used	pavonéenle	pavonéennos	not used	pavonéenles, pavonéense
	accusative	pavonéenme	not used	pavonéenlo, pavonéenla	pavonéennos	not used	pavonéenlos, pavonéenlas, pavonéense

Derived terms

• pavoneo

 

Further reading

• “pavonear”, 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