abejonear

Spanish

Etymology

From abejón (“bumblebee”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abexoneˈaɾ/ [a.β̞e.xo.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧be‧jo‧ne‧ar

Verb

abejonear (first-person singular present abejoneo, first-person singular preterite abejoneé, past participle abejoneado)

1. (intransitive, Dominican Republic) to buzz

   Synonym: zumbar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abejonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abejonear
gerund			abejoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abejoneado		abejoneada
		plural		abejoneados		abejoneadas
		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	abejoneo	abejoneastú abejoneásvos	abejonea	abejoneamos	abejoneáis	abejonean
	imperfect	abejoneaba	abejoneabas	abejoneaba	abejoneábamos	abejoneabais	abejoneaban
	preterite	abejoneé	abejoneaste	abejoneó	abejoneamos	abejoneasteis	abejonearon
	future	abejonearé	abejonearás	abejoneará	abejonearemos	abejonearéis	abejonearán
	conditional	abejonearía	abejonearías	abejonearía	abejonearíamos	abejonearíais	abejonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abejonee	abejoneestú abejoneésvos2	abejonee	abejoneemos	abejoneéis	abejoneen
	imperfect (ra)	abejoneara	abejonearas	abejoneara	abejoneáramos	abejonearais	abejonearan
	imperfect (se)	abejonease	abejoneases	abejonease	abejoneásemos	abejoneaseis	abejoneasen
	future1	abejoneare	abejoneares	abejoneare	abejoneáremos	abejoneareis	abejonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abejoneatú abejoneávos	abejonee	abejoneemos	abejonead	abejoneen
	negative		no abejonees	no abejonee	no abejoneemos	no abejoneéis	no abejoneen

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

Further reading

• “abejonear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10