From burro ( “ donkey ” ) + -ear . Sense (1) comes from the implementation of donkeys as work animals, especially from the simile trabajar como un burro ( “ to work like a donkey ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /bureˈaɾ/ [bu.reˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bu‧rre‧ar
burrear (first-person singular present burreo , first-person singular preterite burreé , past participle burreado ) ( intransitive )
( colloquial , El Salvador ) to work very hard; to work like a dog ; to work like a horse
Synonyms: trabajar como un condenado , trabajar como un negro
( colloquial , vulgar , El Salvador , Honduras ) to have sex
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of burrear
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 burrear
dative
burrearme
burrearte
burrearle , burrearse
burrearnos
burrearos
burrearles , burrearse
accusative
burrearme
burrearte
burrearlo , burrearla , burrearse
burrearnos
burrearos
burrearlos , burrearlas , burrearse
with gerund burreando
dative
burreándome
burreándote
burreándole , burreándose
burreándonos
burreándoos
burreándoles , burreándose
accusative
burreándome
burreándote
burreándolo , burreándola , burreándose
burreándonos
burreándoos
burreándolos , burreándolas , burreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative burrea
dative
burréame
burréate
burréale
burréanos
not used
burréales
accusative
burréame
burréate
burréalo , burréala
burréanos
not used
burréalos , burréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative burreá
dative
burreame
burreate
burreale
burreanos
not used
burreales
accusative
burreame
burreate
burrealo , burreala
burreanos
not used
burrealos , burrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative burree
dative
burréeme
not used
burréele , burréese
burréenos
not used
burréeles
accusative
burréeme
not used
burréelo , burréela , burréese
burréenos
not used
burréelos , burréelas
with first-person plural imperative burreemos
dative
not used
burreémoste
burreémosle
burreémonos
burreémoos
burreémosles
accusative
not used
burreémoste
burreémoslo , burreémosla
burreémonos
burreémoos
burreémoslos , burreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative burread
dative
burreadme
not used
burreadle
burreadnos
burreaos
burreadles
accusative
burreadme
not used
burreadlo , burreadla
burreadnos
burreaos
burreadlos , burreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative burreen
dative
burréenme
not used
burréenle
burréennos
not used
burréenles , burréense
accusative
burréenme
not used
burréenlo , burréenla
burréennos
not used
burréenlos , burréenlas , burréense
“burrear ” in Diccionario de americanismos , Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.