colear

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧ar

Verb

colear (first-person singular present coleio, first-person singular preterite coleei, past participle coleado)

  1. to wiggle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colear (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 colear
Personal colear coleares colear colearmos coleardes colearem
Gerund
coleando
Past participle
Masculine coleado coleados
Feminine coleada coleadas
Indicative
Present coleio coleias coleia coleamos coleais coleiam
Imperfect coleava coleavas coleava coleávamos coleáveis coleavam
Preterite coleei coleaste coleou coleamos1, coleámos2 coleastes colearam
Pluperfect coleara colearas coleara coleáramos coleáreis colearam
Future colearei colearás coleará colearemos coleareis colearão
Conditional colearia colearias colearia colearíamos colearíeis coleariam
Subjunctive
Present coleie coleies coleie coleemos coleeis coleiem
Imperfect coleasse coleasses coleasse coleássemos coleásseis coleassem
Future colear coleares colear colearmos coleardes colearem
Imperative
Affirmative coleia coleie coleemos coleai coleiem
Negative (não) não coleies não coleie não coleemos não coleeis não coleiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From cola +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koleˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧le‧ar

Verb

colear (first-person singular present coleo, first-person singular preterite coleé, past participle coleado)

  1. (intransitive) to wag one's tail
  2. (transitive) to have repercussions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive colear
gerund coleando
past participle masculine feminine
singular coleado coleada
plural coleados coleadas
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 coleo coleastú
coleásvos 		colea coleamos coleáis colean
imperfect coleaba coleabas coleaba coleábamos coleabais coleaban
preterite coleé coleaste coleó coleamos coleasteis colearon
future colearé colearás coleará colearemos colearéis colearán
conditional colearía colearías colearía colearíamos colearíais colearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present colee coleestú
coleésvos2 		colee coleemos coleéis coleen
imperfect
(ra) 		coleara colearas coleara coleáramos colearais colearan
imperfect
(se) 		colease coleases colease coleásemos coleaseis coleasen
future1 coleare coleares coleare coleáremos coleareis colearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative coleatú
coleávos 		colee coleemos colead coleen
negative no colees no colee no coleemos no coleéis no coleen

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

    Selected combined forms of colear

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 colear
dative colearme colearte colearle, colearse colearnos colearos colearles, colearse
accusative colearme colearte colearlo, colearla, colearse colearnos colearos colearlos, colearlas, colearse
with gerund coleando
dative coleándome coleándote coleándole, coleándose coleándonos coleándoos coleándoles, coleándose
accusative coleándome coleándote coleándolo, coleándola, coleándose coleándonos coleándoos coleándolos, coleándolas, coleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colea
dative coléame coléate coléale coléanos not used coléales
accusative coléame coléate coléalo, coléala coléanos not used coléalos, coléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coleá
dative coleame coleate coleale coleanos not used coleales
accusative coleame coleate colealo, coleala coleanos not used colealos, colealas
with formal second-person singular imperative colee
dative coléeme not used coléele, coléese coléenos not used coléeles
accusative coléeme not used coléelo, coléela, coléese coléenos not used coléelos, coléelas
with first-person plural imperative coleemos
dative not used coleémoste coleémosle coleémonos coleémoos coleémosles
accusative not used coleémoste coleémoslo, coleémosla coleémonos coleémoos coleémoslos, coleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colead
dative coleadme not used coleadle coleadnos coleaos coleadles
accusative coleadme not used coleadlo, coleadla coleadnos coleaos coleadlos, coleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coleen
dative coléenme not used coléenle coléennos not used coléenles, coléense
accusative coléenme not used coléenlo, coléenla coléennos not used coléenlos, coléenlas, coléense

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