chancear

Spanish

Etymology

From chanza +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃanθeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃãn̟.θeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /t͡ʃanseˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃãn.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chan‧ce‧ar

Verb

chancear (first-person singular present chanceo, first-person singular preterite chanceé, past participle chanceado)

1. (intransitive) to joke, to kid

   Synonym: bromear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chancear
gerund			chanceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chanceado		chanceada
		plural		chanceados		chanceadas
		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	chanceo	chanceastú chanceásvos	chancea	chanceamos	chanceáis	chancean
	imperfect	chanceaba	chanceabas	chanceaba	chanceábamos	chanceabais	chanceaban
	preterite	chanceé	chanceaste	chanceó	chanceamos	chanceasteis	chancearon
	future	chancearé	chancearás	chanceará	chancearemos	chancearéis	chancearán
	conditional	chancearía	chancearías	chancearía	chancearíamos	chancearíais	chancearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chancee	chanceestú chanceésvos2	chancee	chanceemos	chanceéis	chanceen
	imperfect (ra)	chanceara	chancearas	chanceara	chanceáramos	chancearais	chancearan
	imperfect (se)	chancease	chanceases	chancease	chanceásemos	chanceaseis	chanceasen
	future1	chanceare	chanceares	chanceare	chanceáremos	chanceareis	chancearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chanceatú chanceávos	chancee	chanceemos	chancead	chanceen
	negative		no chancees	no chancee	no chanceemos	no chanceéis	no chanceen

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

    Selected combined forms of chancear

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 chancear
	dative	chancearme	chancearte	chancearle, chancearse	chancearnos	chancearos	chancearles, chancearse
	accusative	chancearme	chancearte	chancearlo, chancearla, chancearse	chancearnos	chancearos	chancearlos, chancearlas, chancearse
with gerund chanceando
	dative	chanceándome	chanceándote	chanceándole, chanceándose	chanceándonos	chanceándoos	chanceándoles, chanceándose
	accusative	chanceándome	chanceándote	chanceándolo, chanceándola, chanceándose	chanceándonos	chanceándoos	chanceándolos, chanceándolas, chanceándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chancea
	dative	chancéame	chancéate	chancéale	chancéanos	not used	chancéales
	accusative	chancéame	chancéate	chancéalo, chancéala	chancéanos	not used	chancéalos, chancéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chanceá
	dative	chanceame	chanceate	chanceale	chanceanos	not used	chanceales
	accusative	chanceame	chanceate	chancealo, chanceala	chanceanos	not used	chancealos, chancealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chancee
	dative	chancéeme	not used	chancéele, chancéese	chancéenos	not used	chancéeles
	accusative	chancéeme	not used	chancéelo, chancéela, chancéese	chancéenos	not used	chancéelos, chancéelas
with first-person plural imperative chanceemos
	dative	not used	chanceémoste	chanceémosle	chanceémonos	chanceémoos	chanceémosles
	accusative	not used	chanceémoste	chanceémoslo, chanceémosla	chanceémonos	chanceémoos	chanceémoslos, chanceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chancead
	dative	chanceadme	not used	chanceadle	chanceadnos	chanceaos	chanceadles
	accusative	chanceadme	not used	chanceadlo, chanceadla	chanceadnos	chanceaos	chanceadlos, chanceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chanceen
	dative	chancéenme	not used	chancéenle	chancéennos	not used	chancéenles, chancéense
	accusative	chancéenme	not used	chancéenlo, chancéenla	chancéennos	not used	chancéenlos, chancéenlas, chancéense

Further reading

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