chunguear

Spanish

Etymology

From chunga (“party”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃunɡeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃũŋ.ɡeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chun‧gue‧ar

Verb

chunguear (first-person singular present chungueo, first-person singular preterite chungueé, past participle chungueado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador) to prank (someone)

   Synonym: embromar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chunguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chunguear
gerund			chungueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chungueado		chungueada
		plural		chungueados		chungueadas
		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	chungueo	chungueastú chungueásvos	chunguea	chungueamos	chungueáis	chunguean
	imperfect	chungueaba	chungueabas	chungueaba	chungueábamos	chungueabais	chungueaban
	preterite	chungueé	chungueaste	chungueó	chungueamos	chungueasteis	chunguearon
	future	chunguearé	chunguearás	chungueará	chunguearemos	chunguearéis	chunguearán
	conditional	chunguearía	chunguearías	chunguearía	chunguearíamos	chunguearíais	chunguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chunguee	chungueestú chungueésvos2	chunguee	chungueemos	chungueéis	chungueen
	imperfect (ra)	chungueara	chunguearas	chungueara	chungueáramos	chunguearais	chunguearan
	imperfect (se)	chunguease	chungueases	chunguease	chungueásemos	chungueaseis	chungueasen
	future1	chungueare	chungueares	chungueare	chungueáremos	chungueareis	chunguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chungueatú chungueávos	chunguee	chungueemos	chunguead	chungueen
	negative		no chunguees	no chunguee	no chungueemos	no chungueéis	no chungueen

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

    Selected combined forms of chunguear

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 chunguear
	dative	chunguearme	chunguearte	chunguearle, chunguearse	chunguearnos	chunguearos	chunguearles, chunguearse
	accusative	chunguearme	chunguearte	chunguearlo, chunguearla, chunguearse	chunguearnos	chunguearos	chunguearlos, chunguearlas, chunguearse
with gerund chungueando
	dative	chungueándome	chungueándote	chungueándole, chungueándose	chungueándonos	chungueándoos	chungueándoles, chungueándose
	accusative	chungueándome	chungueándote	chungueándolo, chungueándola, chungueándose	chungueándonos	chungueándoos	chungueándolos, chungueándolas, chungueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chunguea
	dative	chunguéame	chunguéate	chunguéale	chunguéanos	not used	chunguéales
	accusative	chunguéame	chunguéate	chunguéalo, chunguéala	chunguéanos	not used	chunguéalos, chunguéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chungueá
	dative	chungueame	chungueate	chungueale	chungueanos	not used	chungueales
	accusative	chungueame	chungueate	chunguealo, chungueala	chungueanos	not used	chunguealos, chunguealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chunguee
	dative	chunguéeme	not used	chunguéele, chunguéese	chunguéenos	not used	chunguéeles
	accusative	chunguéeme	not used	chunguéelo, chunguéela, chunguéese	chunguéenos	not used	chunguéelos, chunguéelas
with first-person plural imperative chungueemos
	dative	not used	chungueémoste	chungueémosle	chungueémonos	chungueémoos	chungueémosles
	accusative	not used	chungueémoste	chungueémoslo, chungueémosla	chungueémonos	chungueémoos	chungueémoslos, chungueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chunguead
	dative	chungueadme	not used	chungueadle	chungueadnos	chungueaos	chungueadles
	accusative	chungueadme	not used	chungueadlo, chungueadla	chungueadnos	chungueaos	chungueadlos, chungueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chungueen
	dative	chunguéenme	not used	chunguéenle	chunguéennos	not used	chunguéenles, chunguéense
	accusative	chunguéenme	not used	chunguéenlo, chunguéenla	chunguéennos	not used	chunguéenlos, chunguéenlas, chunguéense

Further reading

• “chunguear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• chunguear | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE