flexear

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English flex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleɡseˈaɾ/ [fleɣ̞.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fle‧xe‧ar

Verb

flexear (first-person singular present flexeo, first-person singular preterite flexeé, past participle flexeado)

1. (slang) to flex
   • 2018, Chromazz, Talk That Shit ft. Kidd Keo:

     Tamo' flexeando, y yo contando.

     We be flexing, and I be counting.

Usage notes

• It is used in the same way the word flex has the slang meaning of to brag in English. Spanish speakers who do not often listen to trap music are unlikely to be familiar with this term.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flexear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			flexear
gerund			flexeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		flexeado		flexeada
		plural		flexeados		flexeadas
		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	flexeo	flexeastú flexeásvos	flexea	flexeamos	flexeáis	flexean
	imperfect	flexeaba	flexeabas	flexeaba	flexeábamos	flexeabais	flexeaban
	preterite	flexeé	flexeaste	flexeó	flexeamos	flexeasteis	flexearon
	future	flexearé	flexearás	flexeará	flexearemos	flexearéis	flexearán
	conditional	flexearía	flexearías	flexearía	flexearíamos	flexearíais	flexearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	flexee	flexeestú flexeésvos2	flexee	flexeemos	flexeéis	flexeen
	imperfect (ra)	flexeara	flexearas	flexeara	flexeáramos	flexearais	flexearan
	imperfect (se)	flexease	flexeases	flexease	flexeásemos	flexeaseis	flexeasen
	future1	flexeare	flexeares	flexeare	flexeáremos	flexeareis	flexearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		flexeatú flexeávos	flexee	flexeemos	flexead	flexeen
	negative		no flexees	no flexee	no flexeemos	no flexeéis	no flexeen

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