alancear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish a-

Spanish lanza

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish alancear

From a- + lanza (“lance”) + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alanθeˈaɾ/ [a.lãn̟.θeˈaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alanseˈaɾ/ [a.lãn.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lan‧ce‧ar

Verb

alancear (first-person singular present alanceo, first-person singular preterite alanceé, past participle alanceado)

1. (transitive) to spear

   Synonym: lancear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alancear
gerund			alanceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alanceado		alanceada
		plural		alanceados		alanceadas
		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	alanceo	alanceastú alanceásvos	alancea	alanceamos	alanceáis	alancean
	imperfect	alanceaba	alanceabas	alanceaba	alanceábamos	alanceabais	alanceaban
	preterite	alanceé	alanceaste	alanceó	alanceamos	alanceasteis	alancearon
	future	alancearé	alancearás	alanceará	alancearemos	alancearéis	alancearán
	conditional	alancearía	alancearías	alancearía	alancearíamos	alancearíais	alancearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alancee	alanceestú alanceésvos2	alancee	alanceemos	alanceéis	alanceen
	imperfect (ra)	alanceara	alancearas	alanceara	alanceáramos	alancearais	alancearan
	imperfect (se)	alancease	alanceases	alancease	alanceásemos	alanceaseis	alanceasen
	future1	alanceare	alanceares	alanceare	alanceáremos	alanceareis	alancearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alanceatú alanceávos	alancee	alanceemos	alancead	alanceen
	negative		no alancees	no alancee	no alanceemos	no alanceéis	no alanceen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of alancear

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 alancear	dative	alancearme	alancearte	alancearle, alancearse	alancearnos	alancearos	alancearles, alancearse
	accusative	alancearme	alancearte	alancearlo, alancearla, alancearse	alancearnos	alancearos	alancearlos, alancearlas, alancearse
with gerund alanceando	dative	alanceándome	alanceándote	alanceándole, alanceándose	alanceándonos	alanceándoos	alanceándoles, alanceándose
	accusative	alanceándome	alanceándote	alanceándolo, alanceándola, alanceándose	alanceándonos	alanceándoos	alanceándolos, alanceándolas, alanceándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative alancea	dative	alancéame	alancéate	alancéale	alancéanos	not used	alancéales
	accusative	alancéame	alancéate	alancéalo, alancéala	alancéanos	not used	alancéalos, alancéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative alanceá	dative	alanceame	alanceate	alanceale	alanceanos	not used	alanceales
	accusative	alanceame	alanceate	alancealo, alanceala	alanceanos	not used	alancealos, alancealas
with formal second-person singular imperative alancee	dative	alancéeme	not used	alancéele, alancéese	alancéenos	not used	alancéeles
	accusative	alancéeme	not used	alancéelo, alancéela, alancéese	alancéenos	not used	alancéelos, alancéelas
with first-person plural imperative alanceemos	dative	not used	alanceémoste	alanceémosle	alanceémonos	alanceémoos	alanceémosles
	accusative	not used	alanceémoste	alanceémoslo, alanceémosla	alanceémonos	alanceémoos	alanceémoslos, alanceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alancead	dative	alanceadme	not used	alanceadle	alanceadnos	alanceaos	alanceadles
	accusative	alanceadme	not used	alanceadlo, alanceadla	alanceadnos	alanceaos	alanceadlos, alanceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alanceen	dative	alancéenme	not used	alancéenle	alancéennos	not used	alancéenles, alancéense
	accusative	alancéenme	not used	alancéenlo, alancéenla	alancéennos	not used	alancéenlos, alancéenlas, alancéense

Further reading

• “alancear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025