bolsear

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Spanish

Etymology

From bolsa (“bag, purse”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bolseˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bol‧se‧ar

Verb

bolsear (first-person singular present bolseo, first-person singular preterite bolseé, past participle bolseado)

  1. (colloquial, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) to pickpocket
    Synonym: carterear
  2. (colloquial, Chile) to sponge, scrounge
    Synonyms: cafichear, gorronear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bolsear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bolsear
gerund bolseando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bolseado bolseada
plural bolseados bolseadas
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 bolseo bolseastú
bolseásvos 		bolsea bolseamos bolseáis bolsean
imperfect bolseaba bolseabas bolseaba bolseábamos bolseabais bolseaban
preterite bolseé bolseaste bolseó bolseamos bolseasteis bolsearon
future bolsearé bolsearás bolseará bolsearemos bolsearéis bolsearán
conditional bolsearía bolsearías bolsearía bolsearíamos bolsearíais bolsearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bolsee bolseestú
bolseésvos2 		bolsee bolseemos bolseéis bolseen
imperfect
(ra) 		bolseara bolsearas bolseara bolseáramos bolsearais bolsearan
imperfect
(se) 		bolsease bolseases bolsease bolseásemos bolseaseis bolseasen
future1 bolseare bolseares bolseare bolseáremos bolseareis bolsearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative bolseatú
bolseávos 		bolsee bolseemos bolsead bolseen
negative no bolsees no bolsee no bolseemos no bolseéis no bolseen

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

    Selected combined forms of bolsear

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 bolsear dative bolsearme bolsearte bolsearle, bolsearse bolsearnos bolsearos bolsearles, bolsearse
accusative bolsearme bolsearte bolsearlo, bolsearla, bolsearse bolsearnos bolsearos bolsearlos, bolsearlas, bolsearse
with gerund bolseando dative bolseándome bolseándote bolseándole, bolseándose bolseándonos bolseándoos bolseándoles, bolseándose
accusative bolseándome bolseándote bolseándolo, bolseándola, bolseándose bolseándonos bolseándoos bolseándolos, bolseándolas, bolseándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bolsea dative bolséame bolséate bolséale bolséanos not used bolséales
accusative bolséame bolséate bolséalo, bolséala bolséanos not used bolséalos, bolséalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bolseá dative bolseame bolseate bolseale bolseanos not used bolseales
accusative bolseame bolseate bolsealo, bolseala bolseanos not used bolsealos, bolsealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bolsee dative bolséeme not used bolséele, bolséese bolséenos not used bolséeles
accusative bolséeme not used bolséelo, bolséela, bolséese bolséenos not used bolséelos, bolséelas
with first-person plural imperative bolseemos dative not used bolseémoste bolseémosle bolseémonos bolseémoos bolseémosles
accusative not used bolseémoste bolseémoslo, bolseémosla bolseémonos bolseémoos bolseémoslos, bolseémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bolsead dative bolseadme not used bolseadle bolseadnos bolseaos bolseadles
accusative bolseadme not used bolseadlo, bolseadla bolseadnos bolseaos bolseadlos, bolseadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bolseen dative bolséenme not used bolséenle bolséennos not used bolséenles, bolséense
accusative bolséenme not used bolséenlo, bolséenla bolséennos not used bolséenlos, bolséenlas, bolséense

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