bordonear

Spanish

Etymology

From bordón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾdoneˈaɾ/ [boɾ.ð̞o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bor‧do‧ne‧ar

Verb

bordonear (first-person singular present bordoneo, first-person singular preterite bordoneé, past participle bordoneado)

1. to examine
2. to hit with a stick
3. (music) to strum (bass notes)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bordonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bordonear
gerund			bordoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bordoneado		bordoneada
		plural		bordoneados		bordoneadas
		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	bordoneo	bordoneastú bordoneásvos	bordonea	bordoneamos	bordoneáis	bordonean
	imperfect	bordoneaba	bordoneabas	bordoneaba	bordoneábamos	bordoneabais	bordoneaban
	preterite	bordoneé	bordoneaste	bordoneó	bordoneamos	bordoneasteis	bordonearon
	future	bordonearé	bordonearás	bordoneará	bordonearemos	bordonearéis	bordonearán
	conditional	bordonearía	bordonearías	bordonearía	bordonearíamos	bordonearíais	bordonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bordonee	bordoneestú bordoneésvos2	bordonee	bordoneemos	bordoneéis	bordoneen
	imperfect (ra)	bordoneara	bordonearas	bordoneara	bordoneáramos	bordonearais	bordonearan
	imperfect (se)	bordonease	bordoneases	bordonease	bordoneásemos	bordoneaseis	bordoneasen
	future1	bordoneare	bordoneares	bordoneare	bordoneáremos	bordoneareis	bordonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bordoneatú bordoneávos	bordonee	bordoneemos	bordonead	bordoneen
	negative		no bordonees	no bordonee	no bordoneemos	no bordoneéis	no bordoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of bordonear

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 bordonear	dative	bordonearme	bordonearte	bordonearle, bordonearse	bordonearnos	bordonearos	bordonearles, bordonearse
	accusative	bordonearme	bordonearte	bordonearlo, bordonearla, bordonearse	bordonearnos	bordonearos	bordonearlos, bordonearlas, bordonearse
with gerund bordoneando	dative	bordoneándome	bordoneándote	bordoneándole, bordoneándose	bordoneándonos	bordoneándoos	bordoneándoles, bordoneándose
	accusative	bordoneándome	bordoneándote	bordoneándolo, bordoneándola, bordoneándose	bordoneándonos	bordoneándoos	bordoneándolos, bordoneándolas, bordoneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative bordonea	dative	bordonéame	bordonéate	bordonéale	bordonéanos	not used	bordonéales
	accusative	bordonéame	bordonéate	bordonéalo, bordonéala	bordonéanos	not used	bordonéalos, bordonéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative bordoneá	dative	bordoneame	bordoneate	bordoneale	bordoneanos	not used	bordoneales
	accusative	bordoneame	bordoneate	bordonealo, bordoneala	bordoneanos	not used	bordonealos, bordonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bordonee	dative	bordonéeme	not used	bordonéele, bordonéese	bordonéenos	not used	bordonéeles
	accusative	bordonéeme	not used	bordonéelo, bordonéela, bordonéese	bordonéenos	not used	bordonéelos, bordonéelas
with first-person plural imperative bordoneemos	dative	not used	bordoneémoste	bordoneémosle	bordoneémonos	bordoneémoos	bordoneémosles
	accusative	not used	bordoneémoste	bordoneémoslo, bordoneémosla	bordoneémonos	bordoneémoos	bordoneémoslos, bordoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bordonead	dative	bordoneadme	not used	bordoneadle	bordoneadnos	bordoneaos	bordoneadles
	accusative	bordoneadme	not used	bordoneadlo, bordoneadla	bordoneadnos	bordoneaos	bordoneadlos, bordoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bordoneen	dative	bordonéenme	not used	bordonéenle	bordonéennos	not used	bordonéenles, bordonéense
	accusative	bordonéenme	not used	bordonéenlo, bordonéenla	bordonéennos	not used	bordonéenlos, bordonéenlas, bordonéense

Further reading

• “bordonear”, 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