corear

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin co-lbor.

English co-

English rear

English corear

From co- + rear.

Verb

corear (third-person singular simple present corears, present participle corearing, simple past and past participle coreared)

1. (transitive) To rear or bring up (children) together.

Anagrams

• Correa

Spanish

Etymology

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Spanish coro

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish corear

From coro + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾeˈaɾ/ [ko.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧re‧ar

Verb

corear (first-person singular present coreo, first-person singular preterite coreé, past participle coreado)

1. to chant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			corear
gerund			coreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coreado		coreada
		plural		coreados		coreadas
		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	coreo	coreastú coreásvos	corea	coreamos	coreáis	corean
	imperfect	coreaba	coreabas	coreaba	coreábamos	coreabais	coreaban
	preterite	coreé	coreaste	coreó	coreamos	coreasteis	corearon
	future	corearé	corearás	coreará	corearemos	corearéis	corearán
	conditional	corearía	corearías	corearía	corearíamos	corearíais	corearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coree	coreestú coreésvos2	coree	coreemos	coreéis	coreen
	imperfect (ra)	coreara	corearas	coreara	coreáramos	corearais	corearan
	imperfect (se)	corease	coreases	corease	coreásemos	coreaseis	coreasen
	future1	coreare	coreares	coreare	coreáremos	coreareis	corearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coreatú coreávos	coree	coreemos	coread	coreen
	negative		no corees	no coree	no coreemos	no coreéis	no coreen

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

    Selected combined forms of corear

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 corear	dative	corearme	corearte	corearle, corearse	corearnos	corearos	corearles, corearse
	accusative	corearme	corearte	corearlo, corearla, corearse	corearnos	corearos	corearlos, corearlas, corearse
with gerund coreando	dative	coreándome	coreándote	coreándole, coreándose	coreándonos	coreándoos	coreándoles, coreándose
	accusative	coreándome	coreándote	coreándolo, coreándola, coreándose	coreándonos	coreándoos	coreándolos, coreándolas, coreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative corea	dative	coréame	coréate	coréale	coréanos	not used	coréales
	accusative	coréame	coréate	coréalo, coréala	coréanos	not used	coréalos, coréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative coreá	dative	coreame	coreate	coreale	coreanos	not used	coreales
	accusative	coreame	coreate	corealo, coreala	coreanos	not used	corealos, corealas
with formal second-person singular imperative coree	dative	coréeme	not used	coréele, coréese	coréenos	not used	coréeles
	accusative	coréeme	not used	coréelo, coréela, coréese	coréenos	not used	coréelos, coréelas
with first-person plural imperative coreemos	dative	not used	coreémoste	coreémosle	coreémonos	coreémoos	coreémosles
	accusative	not used	coreémoste	coreémoslo, coreémosla	coreémonos	coreémoos	coreémoslos, coreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coread	dative	coreadme	not used	coreadle	coreadnos	coreaos	coreadles
	accusative	coreadme	not used	coreadlo, coreadla	coreadnos	coreaos	coreadlos, coreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coreen	dative	coréenme	not used	coréenle	coréennos	not used	coréenles, coréense
	accusative	coréenme	not used	coréenlo, coréenla	coréennos	not used	coréenlos, coréenlas, coréense

Derived terms

• coreo

Further reading

• “corear”, 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