gorronear

Spanish

Etymology

From gorrón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoroneˈaɾ/ [ɡo.ro.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧rro‧ne‧ar

Verb

gorronear (first-person singular present gorroneo, first-person singular preterite gorroneé, past participle gorroneado)

1. to scrounge, sponge

   Synonyms: cafichear, bolsear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorronear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gorronear
gerund			gorroneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gorroneado		gorroneada
		plural		gorroneados		gorroneadas
		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	gorroneo	gorroneastú gorroneásvos	gorronea	gorroneamos	gorroneáis	gorronean
	imperfect	gorroneaba	gorroneabas	gorroneaba	gorroneábamos	gorroneabais	gorroneaban
	preterite	gorroneé	gorroneaste	gorroneó	gorroneamos	gorroneasteis	gorronearon
	future	gorronearé	gorronearás	gorroneará	gorronearemos	gorronearéis	gorronearán
	conditional	gorronearía	gorronearías	gorronearía	gorronearíamos	gorronearíais	gorronearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gorronee	gorroneestú gorroneésvos2	gorronee	gorroneemos	gorroneéis	gorroneen
	imperfect (ra)	gorroneara	gorronearas	gorroneara	gorroneáramos	gorronearais	gorronearan
	imperfect (se)	gorronease	gorroneases	gorronease	gorroneásemos	gorroneaseis	gorroneasen
	future1	gorroneare	gorroneares	gorroneare	gorroneáremos	gorroneareis	gorronearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gorroneatú gorroneávos	gorronee	gorroneemos	gorronead	gorroneen
	negative		no gorronees	no gorronee	no gorroneemos	no gorroneéis	no gorroneen

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

Related terms

• gorra
• gorrear
• gorro

 

See also

• pepenar

Further reading

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