chochear

Galician

Etymology

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Verb

chochear (first-person singular present chocheo, first-person singular preterite chocheei, past participle chocheado)
chochear (first-person singular present chocheio, first-person singular preterite chocheei, past participle chocheado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to be fond of (with prepositions con or por)
2. to be senile

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chochear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chochear
Personal	chochear	chocheares	chochear	chochearmos	chocheardes	chochearen
Gerund
	chocheando
Past participle
Masculine	chocheado			chocheados
Feminine	chocheada			chocheadas
Indicative
Present	chocheo	chocheas	chochea	chocheamos	chocheades	chochean
Imperfect	chocheaba	chocheabas	chocheaba	chocheabamos	chocheabades	chocheaban
Preterite	chocheei	chocheaches	chocheou	chocheamos	chocheastes	chochearon
Pluperfect	chocheara	chochearas	chocheara	chochearamos	chochearades	chochearan
Future	chochearei	chochearás	chocheará	chochearemos	chochearedes	chochearán
Conditional	chochearía	chochearías	chochearía	chocheariamos	chocheariades	chochearían
Subjunctive
Present	chochee	chochees	chochee	chocheemos	chocheedes	chocheen
Imperfect	chochease	chocheases	chochease	chocheásemos	chocheásedes	chocheasen
Future	chochear	chocheares	chochear	chochearmos	chocheardes	chochearen
Imperative
Affirmative		chochea	chochee	chocheemos	chocheade	chocheen
Negative (non)		non chochees	non chochee	non chocheemos	non chocheedes	non chocheen

    Reintegrated conjugation of chochear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	chochear
Personal	chochear	chocheares	chochear	chochearmos	chocheardes	chochearem
Gerund
	chocheando
Past participle
Masculine	chocheado			chocheados
Feminine	chocheada			chocheadas
Indicative
Present	chocheio, chocheo1	chocheias, chocheas1	chocheia, chochea1	chocheamos	chocheades, chocheais	chocheiam, chocheam1
Imperfect	chocheava	chocheavas	chocheava	chocheávamos	chocheávades, chocheáveis, chocheávais1	chocheavam
Preterite	chocheei	chocheaste, chocheache1	chocheou	chocheamos	chocheastes	chocheárom, chochearam
Pluperfect	chocheara	chochearas	chocheara	chocheáramos	chocheárades, chocheáreis, chocheárais1	chochearam
Future	chochearei	chochearás	chocheará	chochearemos	chochearedes, chocheareis	chochearám, chochearão
Conditional	chochearia	chochearias	chochearia	chochearíamos	chochearíades, chochearíeis, chochearíais1	chocheariam
Subjunctive
Present	chocheie, chochee1	chocheies, chochees1	chocheie, chochee1	chocheemos	chocheedes, chocheeis	chocheiem, chocheem1
Imperfect	chocheasse	chocheasses	chocheasse	chocheássemos	chocheássedes, chocheásseis	chocheassem
Future	chochear	chocheares	chochear	chochearmos	chocheardes	chochearem
Imperative
Affirmative		chocheia, chochea1	chocheie, chochee1	chocheemos	chocheade, chocheai	chocheiem, chocheem1
Negative (nom)		nom chocheies, nom chochees1	nom chocheie, nom chochee1	nom chocheemos	nom chocheedes, nom chocheeis	nom chocheiem, nom chocheem1

¹Less recommended.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish chocho

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 chochear

From chocho + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃot͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃo.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cho‧che‧ar

Verb

chochear (first-person singular present chocheo, first-person singular preterite chocheé, past participle chocheado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to be senile, to be in one's dotage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chochear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chochear
gerund			chocheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chocheado		chocheada
		plural		chocheados		chocheadas
		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	chocheo	chocheastú chocheásvos	chochea	chocheamos	chocheáis	chochean
	imperfect	chocheaba	chocheabas	chocheaba	chocheábamos	chocheabais	chocheaban
	preterite	chocheé	chocheaste	chocheó	chocheamos	chocheasteis	chochearon
	future	chochearé	chochearás	chocheará	chochearemos	chochearéis	chochearán
	conditional	chochearía	chochearías	chochearía	chochearíamos	chochearíais	chochearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chochee	chocheestú chocheésvos2	chochee	chocheemos	chocheéis	chocheen
	imperfect (ra)	chocheara	chochearas	chocheara	chocheáramos	chochearais	chochearan
	imperfect (se)	chochease	chocheases	chochease	chocheásemos	chocheaseis	chocheasen
	future1	chocheare	chocheares	chocheare	chocheáremos	chocheareis	chochearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chocheatú chocheávos	chochee	chocheemos	chochead	chocheen
	negative		no chochees	no chochee	no chocheemos	no chocheéis	no chocheen

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

Further reading

• “chochear”, 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