bucear

Spanish

Etymology

From buzo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /buθeˈaɾ/ [bu.θeˈaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /buseˈaɾ/ [bu.seˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bu‧ce‧ar

Verb

bucear (first-person singular present buceo, first-person singular preterite buceé, past participle buceado)

to dive, to swim under water
Synonym: buzar
to snorkel
to work as a diver
(figuratively) to delve into
(slang, Venezuela) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bucear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			bucear
gerund			buceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		buceado		buceada
		plural		buceados		buceadas
		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	buceo	buceas^{^tú} buceás^{^vos}	bucea	buceamos	buceáis	bucean
	imperfect	buceaba	buceabas	buceaba	buceábamos	buceabais	buceaban
	preterite	buceé	buceaste	buceó	buceamos	buceasteis	bucearon
	future	bucearé	bucearás	buceará	bucearemos	bucearéis	bucearán
	conditional	bucearía	bucearías	bucearía	bucearíamos	bucearíais	bucearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bucee	bucees^{^tú} buceés^{^vos²}	bucee	buceemos	buceéis	buceen
	imperfect (ra)	buceara	bucearas	buceara	buceáramos	bucearais	bucearan
	imperfect (se)	bucease	buceases	bucease	buceásemos	buceaseis	buceasen
	future¹	buceare	buceares	buceare	buceáremos	buceareis	bucearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bucea^{^tú} buceá^{^vos}	bucee	buceemos	bucead	buceen
	negative		no bucees	no bucee	no buceemos	no buceéis	no buceen

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

Related terms

Further reading

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

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