balconear

Spanish

Etymology

From balcón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balkoneˈaɾ/ [bal.ko.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bal‧co‧ne‧ar

Verb

balconear (first-person singular present balconeo, first-person singular preterite balconeé, past participle balconeado)

1. (transitive, Rioplatense) observe
2. (intransitive, Rioplatense, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, colloquial) to spy on; to snoop (from a balcony, or similar elevated place)
   • 2016 December 3, “Harrison Ford hará demanda de otra galaxia”, in La Prensa‎:

     A Harrison Ford no le hizo ninguna gracia que Carrie Fisher, su ex compañera en la película La Guerra de las Galaxias, lo balconeara, por lo que planea demandarla.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balconear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			balconear
gerund			balconeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		balconeado		balconeada
		plural		balconeados		balconeadas
		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	balconeo	balconeastú balconeásvos	balconea	balconeamos	balconeáis	balconean
	imperfect	balconeaba	balconeabas	balconeaba	balconeábamos	balconeabais	balconeaban
	preterite	balconeé	balconeaste	balconeó	balconeamos	balconeasteis	balconearon
	future	balconearé	balconearás	balconeará	balconearemos	balconearéis	balconearán
	conditional	balconearía	balconearías	balconearía	balconearíamos	balconearíais	balconearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	balconee	balconeestú balconeésvos2	balconee	balconeemos	balconeéis	balconeen
	imperfect (ra)	balconeara	balconearas	balconeara	balconeáramos	balconearais	balconearan
	imperfect (se)	balconease	balconeases	balconease	balconeásemos	balconeaseis	balconeasen
	future1	balconeare	balconeares	balconeare	balconeáremos	balconeareis	balconearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		balconeatú balconeávos	balconee	balconeemos	balconead	balconeen
	negative		no balconees	no balconee	no balconeemos	no balconeéis	no balconeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of balconear

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 balconear	dative	balconearme	balconearte	balconearle, balconearse	balconearnos	balconearos	balconearles, balconearse
	accusative	balconearme	balconearte	balconearlo, balconearla, balconearse	balconearnos	balconearos	balconearlos, balconearlas, balconearse
with gerund balconeando	dative	balconeándome	balconeándote	balconeándole, balconeándose	balconeándonos	balconeándoos	balconeándoles, balconeándose
	accusative	balconeándome	balconeándote	balconeándolo, balconeándola, balconeándose	balconeándonos	balconeándoos	balconeándolos, balconeándolas, balconeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative balconea	dative	balconéame	balconéate	balconéale	balconéanos	not used	balconéales
	accusative	balconéame	balconéate	balconéalo, balconéala	balconéanos	not used	balconéalos, balconéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative balconeá	dative	balconeame	balconeate	balconeale	balconeanos	not used	balconeales
	accusative	balconeame	balconeate	balconealo, balconeala	balconeanos	not used	balconealos, balconealas
with formal second-person singular imperative balconee	dative	balconéeme	not used	balconéele, balconéese	balconéenos	not used	balconéeles
	accusative	balconéeme	not used	balconéelo, balconéela, balconéese	balconéenos	not used	balconéelos, balconéelas
with first-person plural imperative balconeemos	dative	not used	balconeémoste	balconeémosle	balconeémonos	balconeémoos	balconeémosles
	accusative	not used	balconeémoste	balconeémoslo, balconeémosla	balconeémonos	balconeémoos	balconeémoslos, balconeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative balconead	dative	balconeadme	not used	balconeadle	balconeadnos	balconeaos	balconeadles
	accusative	balconeadme	not used	balconeadlo, balconeadla	balconeadnos	balconeaos	balconeadlos, balconeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative balconeen	dative	balconéenme	not used	balconéenle	balconéennos	not used	balconéenles, balconéense
	accusative	balconéenme	not used	balconéenlo, balconéenla	balconéennos	not used	balconéenlos, balconéenlas, balconéense

Further reading

• “balconear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024