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Spanish
Etymology
From farol + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɾoleˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fa‧ro‧le‧ar
Verb
farolear (first-person singular present faroleo, first-person singular preterite faroleé, past participle faroleado)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to swagger, boast, brag
- Synonyms: cachiporrearse, fanfarronear, farandulear, jactarse, presumir, ostentar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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