bromear

Spanish

Etymology

From broma +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾomeˈaɾ/ [bɾo.meˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bro‧me‧ar

Verb

bromear (first-person singular present bromeo, first-person singular preterite bromeé, past participle bromeado)

1. (intransitive) to joke, to kid (to do or say something for amusement)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bromear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bromear
gerund			bromeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bromeado		bromeada
		plural		bromeados		bromeadas
		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	bromeo	bromeastú bromeásvos	bromea	bromeamos	bromeáis	bromean
	imperfect	bromeaba	bromeabas	bromeaba	bromeábamos	bromeabais	bromeaban
	preterite	bromeé	bromeaste	bromeó	bromeamos	bromeasteis	bromearon
	future	bromearé	bromearás	bromeará	bromearemos	bromearéis	bromearán
	conditional	bromearía	bromearías	bromearía	bromearíamos	bromearíais	bromearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bromee	bromeestú bromeésvos2	bromee	bromeemos	bromeéis	bromeen
	imperfect (ra)	bromeara	bromearas	bromeara	bromeáramos	bromearais	bromearan
	imperfect (se)	bromease	bromeases	bromease	bromeásemos	bromeaseis	bromeasen
	future1	bromeare	bromeares	bromeare	bromeáremos	bromeareis	bromearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bromeatú bromeávos	bromee	bromeemos	bromead	bromeen
	negative		no bromees	no bromee	no bromeemos	no bromeéis	no bromeen

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

    Selected combined forms of bromear

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 bromear	dative	bromearme	bromearte	bromearle, bromearse	bromearnos	bromearos	bromearles, bromearse
	accusative	bromearme	bromearte	bromearlo, bromearla, bromearse	bromearnos	bromearos	bromearlos, bromearlas, bromearse
with gerund bromeando	dative	bromeándome	bromeándote	bromeándole, bromeándose	bromeándonos	bromeándoos	bromeándoles, bromeándose
	accusative	bromeándome	bromeándote	bromeándolo, bromeándola, bromeándose	bromeándonos	bromeándoos	bromeándolos, bromeándolas, bromeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative bromea	dative	broméame	broméate	broméale	broméanos	not used	broméales
	accusative	broméame	broméate	broméalo, broméala	broméanos	not used	broméalos, broméalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative bromeá	dative	bromeame	bromeate	bromeale	bromeanos	not used	bromeales
	accusative	bromeame	bromeate	bromealo, bromeala	bromeanos	not used	bromealos, bromealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bromee	dative	broméeme	not used	broméele, broméese	broméenos	not used	broméeles
	accusative	broméeme	not used	broméelo, broméela, broméese	broméenos	not used	broméelos, broméelas
with first-person plural imperative bromeemos	dative	not used	bromeémoste	bromeémosle	bromeémonos	bromeémoos	bromeémosles
	accusative	not used	bromeémoste	bromeémoslo, bromeémosla	bromeémonos	bromeémoos	bromeémoslos, bromeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bromead	dative	bromeadme	not used	bromeadle	bromeadnos	bromeaos	bromeadles
	accusative	bromeadme	not used	bromeadlo, bromeadla	bromeadnos	bromeaos	bromeadlos, bromeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bromeen	dative	broméenme	not used	broméenle	broméennos	not used	broméenles, broméense
	accusative	broméenme	not used	broméenlo, broméenla	broméennos	not used	broméenlos, broméenlas, broméense

Further reading

• “bromear”, 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

Anagrams

• embarro
• embarró
• robarme