chaparrear

Spanish

Verb

chaparrear (first-person singular present chaparreo, first-person singular preterite chaparreé, past participle chaparreado)

1. (impersonal) to pour; to rain heavily; to rain cats and dogs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chaparrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chaparrear
gerund			chaparreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chaparreado		chaparreada
		plural		chaparreados		chaparreadas
		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	chaparreo	chaparreastú chaparreásvos	chaparrea	chaparreamos	chaparreáis	chaparrean
	imperfect	chaparreaba	chaparreabas	chaparreaba	chaparreábamos	chaparreabais	chaparreaban
	preterite	chaparreé	chaparreaste	chaparreó	chaparreamos	chaparreasteis	chaparrearon
	future	chaparrearé	chaparrearás	chaparreará	chaparrearemos	chaparrearéis	chaparrearán
	conditional	chaparrearía	chaparrearías	chaparrearía	chaparrearíamos	chaparrearíais	chaparrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chaparree	chaparreestú chaparreésvos2	chaparree	chaparreemos	chaparreéis	chaparreen
	imperfect (ra)	chaparreara	chaparrearas	chaparreara	chaparreáramos	chaparrearais	chaparrearan
	imperfect (se)	chaparrease	chaparreases	chaparrease	chaparreásemos	chaparreaseis	chaparreasen
	future1	chaparreare	chaparreares	chaparreare	chaparreáremos	chaparreareis	chaparrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chaparreatú chaparreávos	chaparree	chaparreemos	chaparread	chaparreen
	negative		no chaparrees	no chaparree	no chaparreemos	no chaparreéis	no chaparreen

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

    Selected combined forms of chaparrear

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 chaparrear
	dative	chaparrearme	chaparrearte	chaparrearle, chaparrearse	chaparrearnos	chaparrearos	chaparrearles, chaparrearse
	accusative	chaparrearme	chaparrearte	chaparrearlo, chaparrearla, chaparrearse	chaparrearnos	chaparrearos	chaparrearlos, chaparrearlas, chaparrearse
with gerund chaparreando
	dative	chaparreándome	chaparreándote	chaparreándole, chaparreándose	chaparreándonos	chaparreándoos	chaparreándoles, chaparreándose
	accusative	chaparreándome	chaparreándote	chaparreándolo, chaparreándola, chaparreándose	chaparreándonos	chaparreándoos	chaparreándolos, chaparreándolas, chaparreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chaparrea
	dative	chaparréame	chaparréate	chaparréale	chaparréanos	not used	chaparréales
	accusative	chaparréame	chaparréate	chaparréalo, chaparréala	chaparréanos	not used	chaparréalos, chaparréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chaparreá
	dative	chaparreame	chaparreate	chaparreale	chaparreanos	not used	chaparreales
	accusative	chaparreame	chaparreate	chaparrealo, chaparreala	chaparreanos	not used	chaparrealos, chaparrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chaparree
	dative	chaparréeme	not used	chaparréele, chaparréese	chaparréenos	not used	chaparréeles
	accusative	chaparréeme	not used	chaparréelo, chaparréela, chaparréese	chaparréenos	not used	chaparréelos, chaparréelas
with first-person plural imperative chaparreemos
	dative	not used	chaparreémoste	chaparreémosle	chaparreémonos	chaparreémoos	chaparreémosles
	accusative	not used	chaparreémoste	chaparreémoslo, chaparreémosla	chaparreémonos	chaparreémoos	chaparreémoslos, chaparreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chaparread
	dative	chaparreadme	not used	chaparreadle	chaparreadnos	chaparreaos	chaparreadles
	accusative	chaparreadme	not used	chaparreadlo, chaparreadla	chaparreadnos	chaparreaos	chaparreadlos, chaparreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chaparreen
	dative	chaparréenme	not used	chaparréenle	chaparréennos	not used	chaparréenles, chaparréense
	accusative	chaparréenme	not used	chaparréenlo, chaparréenla	chaparréennos	not used	chaparréenlos, chaparréenlas, chaparréense

Further reading

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