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Spanish
Etymology
From (de) gorra (“on someone's dime”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoreˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: go‧rre‧ar
Verb
gorrear (first-person singular present gorreo, first-person singular preterite gorreé, past participle gorreado)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to live on someone's dime
- Synonyms: gorronear, pepenar
- to cheat (on one's spouse or partner)
- Synonyms: encornudar, engañar, poner el gorro, poner los cuernos
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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