zanjear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θanxeˈaɾ/ [θãŋ.xeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sanxeˈaɾ/ [sãŋ.xeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zan‧je‧ar

Verb

zanjear (first-person singular present zanjeo, first-person singular preterite zanjeé, past participle zanjeado)

1. to trench

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zanjear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zanjear
gerund			zanjeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zanjeado		zanjeada
		plural		zanjeados		zanjeadas
		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	zanjeo	zanjeastú zanjeásvos	zanjea	zanjeamos	zanjeáis	zanjean
	imperfect	zanjeaba	zanjeabas	zanjeaba	zanjeábamos	zanjeabais	zanjeaban
	preterite	zanjeé	zanjeaste	zanjeó	zanjeamos	zanjeasteis	zanjearon
	future	zanjearé	zanjearás	zanjeará	zanjearemos	zanjearéis	zanjearán
	conditional	zanjearía	zanjearías	zanjearía	zanjearíamos	zanjearíais	zanjearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zanjee	zanjeestú zanjeésvos2	zanjee	zanjeemos	zanjeéis	zanjeen
	imperfect (ra)	zanjeara	zanjearas	zanjeara	zanjeáramos	zanjearais	zanjearan
	imperfect (se)	zanjease	zanjeases	zanjease	zanjeásemos	zanjeaseis	zanjeasen
	future1	zanjeare	zanjeares	zanjeare	zanjeáremos	zanjeareis	zanjearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zanjeatú zanjeávos	zanjee	zanjeemos	zanjead	zanjeen
	negative		no zanjees	no zanjee	no zanjeemos	no zanjeéis	no zanjeen

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

    Selected combined forms of zanjear

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 zanjear
	dative	zanjearme	zanjearte	zanjearle, zanjearse	zanjearnos	zanjearos	zanjearles, zanjearse
	accusative	zanjearme	zanjearte	zanjearlo, zanjearla, zanjearse	zanjearnos	zanjearos	zanjearlos, zanjearlas, zanjearse
with gerund zanjeando
	dative	zanjeándome	zanjeándote	zanjeándole, zanjeándose	zanjeándonos	zanjeándoos	zanjeándoles, zanjeándose
	accusative	zanjeándome	zanjeándote	zanjeándolo, zanjeándola, zanjeándose	zanjeándonos	zanjeándoos	zanjeándolos, zanjeándolas, zanjeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zanjea
	dative	zanjéame	zanjéate	zanjéale	zanjéanos	not used	zanjéales
	accusative	zanjéame	zanjéate	zanjéalo, zanjéala	zanjéanos	not used	zanjéalos, zanjéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zanjeá
	dative	zanjeame	zanjeate	zanjeale	zanjeanos	not used	zanjeales
	accusative	zanjeame	zanjeate	zanjealo, zanjeala	zanjeanos	not used	zanjealos, zanjealas
with formal second-person singular imperative zanjee
	dative	zanjéeme	not used	zanjéele, zanjéese	zanjéenos	not used	zanjéeles
	accusative	zanjéeme	not used	zanjéelo, zanjéela, zanjéese	zanjéenos	not used	zanjéelos, zanjéelas
with first-person plural imperative zanjeemos
	dative	not used	zanjeémoste	zanjeémosle	zanjeémonos	zanjeémoos	zanjeémosles
	accusative	not used	zanjeémoste	zanjeémoslo, zanjeémosla	zanjeémonos	zanjeémoos	zanjeémoslos, zanjeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zanjead
	dative	zanjeadme	not used	zanjeadle	zanjeadnos	zanjeaos	zanjeadles
	accusative	zanjeadme	not used	zanjeadlo, zanjeadla	zanjeadnos	zanjeaos	zanjeadlos, zanjeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zanjeen
	dative	zanjéenme	not used	zanjéenle	zanjéennos	not used	zanjéenles, zanjéense
	accusative	zanjéenme	not used	zanjéenlo, zanjéenla	zanjéennos	not used	zanjéenlos, zanjéenlas, zanjéense

Further reading

• “zanjear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014