salsear

Spanish

Etymology

From salsa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salseˈaɾ/ [sal.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧se‧ar

Verb

salsear (first-person singular present salseo, first-person singular preterite salseé, past participle salseado)

1. to add sauce to; to sauce up
2. (colloquial, Spain) to gossip

   Synonyms: chismear, chismorrear, comadrear, cotillear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salsear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			salsear
gerund			salseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		salseado		salseada
		plural		salseados		salseadas
		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	salseo	salseastú salseásvos	salsea	salseamos	salseáis	salsean
	imperfect	salseaba	salseabas	salseaba	salseábamos	salseabais	salseaban
	preterite	salseé	salseaste	salseó	salseamos	salseasteis	salsearon
	future	salsearé	salsearás	salseará	salsearemos	salsearéis	salsearán
	conditional	salsearía	salsearías	salsearía	salsearíamos	salsearíais	salsearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salsee	salseestú salseésvos2	salsee	salseemos	salseéis	salseen
	imperfect (ra)	salseara	salsearas	salseara	salseáramos	salsearais	salsearan
	imperfect (se)	salsease	salseases	salsease	salseásemos	salseaseis	salseasen
	future1	salseare	salseares	salseare	salseáremos	salseareis	salsearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		salseatú salseávos	salsee	salseemos	salsead	salseen
	negative		no salsees	no salsee	no salseemos	no salseéis	no salseen

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

    Selected combined forms of salsear

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 salsear
	dative	salsearme	salsearte	salsearle, salsearse	salsearnos	salsearos	salsearles, salsearse
	accusative	salsearme	salsearte	salsearlo, salsearla, salsearse	salsearnos	salsearos	salsearlos, salsearlas, salsearse
with gerund salseando
	dative	salseándome	salseándote	salseándole, salseándose	salseándonos	salseándoos	salseándoles, salseándose
	accusative	salseándome	salseándote	salseándolo, salseándola, salseándose	salseándonos	salseándoos	salseándolos, salseándolas, salseándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative salsea
	dative	salséame	salséate	salséale	salséanos	not used	salséales
	accusative	salséame	salséate	salséalo, salséala	salséanos	not used	salséalos, salséalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative salseá
	dative	salseame	salseate	salseale	salseanos	not used	salseales
	accusative	salseame	salseate	salsealo, salseala	salseanos	not used	salsealos, salsealas
with formal second-person singular imperative salsee
	dative	salséeme	not used	salséele, salséese	salséenos	not used	salséeles
	accusative	salséeme	not used	salséelo, salséela, salséese	salséenos	not used	salséelos, salséelas
with first-person plural imperative salseemos
	dative	not used	salseémoste	salseémosle	salseémonos	salseémoos	salseémosles
	accusative	not used	salseémoste	salseémoslo, salseémosla	salseémonos	salseémoos	salseémoslos, salseémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative salsead
	dative	salseadme	not used	salseadle	salseadnos	salseaos	salseadles
	accusative	salseadme	not used	salseadlo, salseadla	salseadnos	salseaos	salseadlos, salseadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative salseen
	dative	salséenme	not used	salséenle	salséennos	not used	salséenles, salséense
	accusative	salséenme	not used	salséenlo, salséenla	salséennos	not used	salséenlos, salséenlas, salséense

Derived terms

• salseo

 

Further reading

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