gorrear

Spanish

Etymology

From (de) gorra (“on someone's dime”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoreˈaɾ/ [ɡo.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧rre‧ar

Verb

gorrear (first-person singular present gorreo, first-person singular preterite gorreé, past participle gorreado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to live on someone's dime

   Synonyms: gorronear, pepenar

2. to cheat (on one's spouse or partner)

   Synonyms: encornudar, engañar, poner el gorro, poner los cuernos

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gorrear
gerund			gorreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gorreado		gorreada
		plural		gorreados		gorreadas
		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	gorreo	gorreastú gorreásvos	gorrea	gorreamos	gorreáis	gorrean
	imperfect	gorreaba	gorreabas	gorreaba	gorreábamos	gorreabais	gorreaban
	preterite	gorreé	gorreaste	gorreó	gorreamos	gorreasteis	gorrearon
	future	gorrearé	gorrearás	gorreará	gorrearemos	gorrearéis	gorrearán
	conditional	gorrearía	gorrearías	gorrearía	gorrearíamos	gorrearíais	gorrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gorree	gorreestú gorreésvos2	gorree	gorreemos	gorreéis	gorreen
	imperfect (ra)	gorreara	gorrearas	gorreara	gorreáramos	gorrearais	gorrearan
	imperfect (se)	gorrease	gorreases	gorrease	gorreásemos	gorreaseis	gorreasen
	future1	gorreare	gorreares	gorreare	gorreáremos	gorreareis	gorrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gorreatú gorreávos	gorree	gorreemos	gorread	gorreen
	negative		no gorrees	no gorree	no gorreemos	no gorreéis	no gorreen

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

Derived terms

• gorreo
• gorrero

Further reading

• “gorrear”, 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