serpear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾpeˈaɾ/ [seɾ.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ser‧pe‧ar

Verb

serpear (first-person singular present serpeo, first-person singular preterite serpeé, past participle serpeado)

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of serpentear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serpear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			serpear
gerund			serpeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		serpeado		serpeada
		plural		serpeados		serpeadas
		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	serpeo	serpeastú serpeásvos	serpea	serpeamos	serpeáis	serpean
	imperfect	serpeaba	serpeabas	serpeaba	serpeábamos	serpeabais	serpeaban
	preterite	serpeé	serpeaste	serpeó	serpeamos	serpeasteis	serpearon
	future	serpearé	serpearás	serpeará	serpearemos	serpearéis	serpearán
	conditional	serpearía	serpearías	serpearía	serpearíamos	serpearíais	serpearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	serpee	serpeestú serpeésvos2	serpee	serpeemos	serpeéis	serpeen
	imperfect (ra)	serpeara	serpearas	serpeara	serpeáramos	serpearais	serpearan
	imperfect (se)	serpease	serpeases	serpease	serpeásemos	serpeaseis	serpeasen
	future1	serpeare	serpeares	serpeare	serpeáremos	serpeareis	serpearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		serpeatú serpeávos	serpee	serpeemos	serpead	serpeen
	negative		no serpees	no serpee	no serpeemos	no serpeéis	no serpeen

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

    Selected combined forms of serpear

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 serpear
	dative	serpearme	serpearte	serpearle, serpearse	serpearnos	serpearos	serpearles, serpearse
	accusative	serpearme	serpearte	serpearlo, serpearla, serpearse	serpearnos	serpearos	serpearlos, serpearlas, serpearse
with gerund serpeando
	dative	serpeándome	serpeándote	serpeándole, serpeándose	serpeándonos	serpeándoos	serpeándoles, serpeándose
	accusative	serpeándome	serpeándote	serpeándolo, serpeándola, serpeándose	serpeándonos	serpeándoos	serpeándolos, serpeándolas, serpeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative serpea
	dative	serpéame	serpéate	serpéale	serpéanos	not used	serpéales
	accusative	serpéame	serpéate	serpéalo, serpéala	serpéanos	not used	serpéalos, serpéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative serpeá
	dative	serpeame	serpeate	serpeale	serpeanos	not used	serpeales
	accusative	serpeame	serpeate	serpealo, serpeala	serpeanos	not used	serpealos, serpealas
with formal second-person singular imperative serpee
	dative	serpéeme	not used	serpéele, serpéese	serpéenos	not used	serpéeles
	accusative	serpéeme	not used	serpéelo, serpéela, serpéese	serpéenos	not used	serpéelos, serpéelas
with first-person plural imperative serpeemos
	dative	not used	serpeémoste	serpeémosle	serpeémonos	serpeémoos	serpeémosles
	accusative	not used	serpeémoste	serpeémoslo, serpeémosla	serpeémonos	serpeémoos	serpeémoslos, serpeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative serpead
	dative	serpeadme	not used	serpeadle	serpeadnos	serpeaos	serpeadles
	accusative	serpeadme	not used	serpeadlo, serpeadla	serpeadnos	serpeaos	serpeadlos, serpeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative serpeen
	dative	serpéenme	not used	serpéenle	serpéennos	not used	serpéenles, serpéense
	accusative	serpéenme	not used	serpéenlo, serpéenla	serpéennos	not used	serpéenlos, serpéenlas, serpéense

Further reading

• “serpear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28