romancear

Spanish

Etymology

From romance +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /romanθeˈaɾ/ [ro.mãn̟.θeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /romanseˈaɾ/ [ro.mãn.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧man‧ce‧ar

Verb

romancear (first-person singular present romanceo, first-person singular preterite romanceé, past participle romanceado)

1. (transitive) to translate into a Romance language

   Synonym: romanzar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of romancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			romancear
gerund			romanceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		romanceado		romanceada
		plural		romanceados		romanceadas
		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	romanceo	romanceastú romanceásvos	romancea	romanceamos	romanceáis	romancean
	imperfect	romanceaba	romanceabas	romanceaba	romanceábamos	romanceabais	romanceaban
	preterite	romanceé	romanceaste	romanceó	romanceamos	romanceasteis	romancearon
	future	romancearé	romancearás	romanceará	romancearemos	romancearéis	romancearán
	conditional	romancearía	romancearías	romancearía	romancearíamos	romancearíais	romancearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	romancee	romanceestú romanceésvos2	romancee	romanceemos	romanceéis	romanceen
	imperfect (ra)	romanceara	romancearas	romanceara	romanceáramos	romancearais	romancearan
	imperfect (se)	romancease	romanceases	romancease	romanceásemos	romanceaseis	romanceasen
	future1	romanceare	romanceares	romanceare	romanceáremos	romanceareis	romancearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		romanceatú romanceávos	romancee	romanceemos	romancead	romanceen
	negative		no romancees	no romancee	no romanceemos	no romanceéis	no romanceen

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

Further reading

• “romancear”, 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