chusmear

Spanish

Etymology

From chusma +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃusmeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃuz.meˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chus‧me‧ar

Verb

chusmear (first-person singular present chusmeo, first-person singular preterite chusmeé, past participle chusmeado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) to gossip
2. (intransitive, colloquial, Argentina, Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay) to snoop
3. to rat
4. (transitive, colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chusmear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chusmear
gerund			chusmeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chusmeado		chusmeada
		plural		chusmeados		chusmeadas
		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	chusmeo	chusmeastú chusmeásvos	chusmea	chusmeamos	chusmeáis	chusmean
	imperfect	chusmeaba	chusmeabas	chusmeaba	chusmeábamos	chusmeabais	chusmeaban
	preterite	chusmeé	chusmeaste	chusmeó	chusmeamos	chusmeasteis	chusmearon
	future	chusmearé	chusmearás	chusmeará	chusmearemos	chusmearéis	chusmearán
	conditional	chusmearía	chusmearías	chusmearía	chusmearíamos	chusmearíais	chusmearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chusmee	chusmeestú chusmeésvos2	chusmee	chusmeemos	chusmeéis	chusmeen
	imperfect (ra)	chusmeara	chusmearas	chusmeara	chusmeáramos	chusmearais	chusmearan
	imperfect (se)	chusmease	chusmeases	chusmease	chusmeásemos	chusmeaseis	chusmeasen
	future1	chusmeare	chusmeares	chusmeare	chusmeáremos	chusmeareis	chusmearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chusmeatú chusmeávos	chusmee	chusmeemos	chusmead	chusmeen
	negative		no chusmees	no chusmee	no chusmeemos	no chusmeéis	no chusmeen

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

    Selected combined forms of chusmear

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 chusmear
	dative	chusmearme	chusmearte	chusmearle, chusmearse	chusmearnos	chusmearos	chusmearles, chusmearse
	accusative	chusmearme	chusmearte	chusmearlo, chusmearla, chusmearse	chusmearnos	chusmearos	chusmearlos, chusmearlas, chusmearse
with gerund chusmeando
	dative	chusmeándome	chusmeándote	chusmeándole, chusmeándose	chusmeándonos	chusmeándoos	chusmeándoles, chusmeándose
	accusative	chusmeándome	chusmeándote	chusmeándolo, chusmeándola, chusmeándose	chusmeándonos	chusmeándoos	chusmeándolos, chusmeándolas, chusmeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chusmea
	dative	chusméame	chusméate	chusméale	chusméanos	not used	chusméales
	accusative	chusméame	chusméate	chusméalo, chusméala	chusméanos	not used	chusméalos, chusméalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chusmeá
	dative	chusmeame	chusmeate	chusmeale	chusmeanos	not used	chusmeales
	accusative	chusmeame	chusmeate	chusmealo, chusmeala	chusmeanos	not used	chusmealos, chusmealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chusmee
	dative	chusméeme	not used	chusméele, chusméese	chusméenos	not used	chusméeles
	accusative	chusméeme	not used	chusméelo, chusméela, chusméese	chusméenos	not used	chusméelos, chusméelas
with first-person plural imperative chusmeemos
	dative	not used	chusmeémoste	chusmeémosle	chusmeémonos	chusmeémoos	chusmeémosles
	accusative	not used	chusmeémoste	chusmeémoslo, chusmeémosla	chusmeémonos	chusmeémoos	chusmeémoslos, chusmeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chusmead
	dative	chusmeadme	not used	chusmeadle	chusmeadnos	chusmeaos	chusmeadles
	accusative	chusmeadme	not used	chusmeadlo, chusmeadla	chusmeadnos	chusmeaos	chusmeadlos, chusmeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chusmeen
	dative	chusméenme	not used	chusméenle	chusméennos	not used	chusméenles, chusméense
	accusative	chusméenme	not used	chusméenlo, chusméenla	chusméennos	not used	chusméenlos, chusméenlas, chusméense

Further reading

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