bobear

Portuguese

Etymology

From bobo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.beˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.beˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bo.beˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bo.beˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.beˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.beˈa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈbjaɾ/ [buˈβjaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈbja.ɾi/ [buˈβja.ɾi]

Hyphenation: bo‧be‧ar

Verb

bobear (first-person singular present bobeio, first-person singular preterite bobeei, past participle bobeado)

to act in a silly way
(informal) to make a mistake or a wrong choice
Synonym: vacilar

Conjugation

Conjugation of bobear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bobear
Personal	bobear	bobeares	bobear	bobearmos	bobeardes	bobearem
Gerund
	bobeando
Past participle
Masculine	bobeado			bobeados
Feminine	bobeada			bobeadas
Indicative
Present	bobeio	bobeias	bobeia	bobeamos	bobeais	bobeiam
Imperfect	bobeava	bobeavas	bobeava	bobeávamos	bobeáveis	bobeavam
Preterite	bobeei	bobeaste	bobeou	bobeamos¹, bobeámos²	bobeastes	bobearam
Pluperfect	bobeara	bobearas	bobeara	bobeáramos	bobeáreis	bobearam
Future	bobearei	bobearás	bobeará	bobearemos	bobeareis	bobearão
Conditional	bobearia	bobearias	bobearia	bobearíamos	bobearíeis	bobeariam
Subjunctive
Present	bobeie	bobeies	bobeie	bobeemos	bobeeis	bobeiem
Imperfect	bobeasse	bobeasses	bobeasse	bobeássemos	bobeásseis	bobeassem
Future	bobear	bobeares	bobear	bobearmos	bobeardes	bobearem
Imperative
Affirmative		bobeia	bobeie	bobeemos	bobeai	bobeiem
Negative (não)		não bobeies	não bobeie	não bobeemos	não bobeeis	não bobeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From bobo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bobeˈaɾ/ [bo.β̞eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bo‧be‧ar

Verb

bobear (first-person singular present bobeo, first-person singular preterite bobeé, past participle bobeado)

(intransitive) to do or say stupid things
Synonym: tontear

Conjugation

Conjugation of bobear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			bobear
gerund			bobeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bobeado		bobeada
		plural		bobeados		bobeadas
		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	bobeo	bobeas^{^tú} bobeás^{^vos}	bobea	bobeamos	bobeáis	bobean
	imperfect	bobeaba	bobeabas	bobeaba	bobeábamos	bobeabais	bobeaban
	preterite	bobeé	bobeaste	bobeó	bobeamos	bobeasteis	bobearon
	future	bobearé	bobearás	bobeará	bobearemos	bobearéis	bobearán
	conditional	bobearía	bobearías	bobearía	bobearíamos	bobearíais	bobearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bobee	bobees^{^tú} bobeés^{^vos²}	bobee	bobeemos	bobeéis	bobeen
	imperfect (ra)	bobeara	bobearas	bobeara	bobeáramos	bobearais	bobearan
	imperfect (se)	bobease	bobeases	bobease	bobeásemos	bobeaseis	bobeasen
	future¹	bobeare	bobeares	bobeare	bobeáremos	bobeareis	bobearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bobea^{^tú} bobeá^{^vos}	bobee	bobeemos	bobead	bobeen
	negative		no bobees	no bobee	no bobeemos	no bobeéis	no bobeen

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

Further reading

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

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