pololear

Spanish

Etymology

From pololo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pololeˈaɾ/ [po.lo.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧lo‧le‧ar

Verb

pololear (first-person singular present pololeo, first-person singular preterite pololeé, past participle pololeado)

1. (Chile, colloquial) to court, woo
2. (Chile, colloquial) to go steady

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pololear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pololear
gerund			pololeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pololeado		pololeada
		plural		pololeados		pololeadas
		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	pololeo	pololeastú pololeásvos	pololea	pololeamos	pololeáis	pololean
	imperfect	pololeaba	pololeabas	pololeaba	pololeábamos	pololeabais	pololeaban
	preterite	pololeé	pololeaste	pololeó	pololeamos	pololeasteis	pololearon
	future	pololearé	pololearás	pololeará	pololearemos	pololearéis	pololearán
	conditional	pololearía	pololearías	pololearía	pololearíamos	pololearíais	pololearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pololee	pololeestú pololeésvos2	pololee	pololeemos	pololeéis	pololeen
	imperfect (ra)	pololeara	pololearas	pololeara	pololeáramos	pololearais	pololearan
	imperfect (se)	pololease	pololeases	pololease	pololeásemos	pololeaseis	pololeasen
	future1	pololeare	pololeares	pololeare	pololeáremos	pololeareis	pololearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pololeatú pololeávos	pololee	pololeemos	pololead	pololeen
	negative		no pololees	no pololee	no pololeemos	no pololeéis	no pololeen

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

Derived terms

• pololeo

 

Further reading

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