jaquear

Spanish

Etymology 1

From jaque (“check”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xakeˈaɾ/ [xa.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧que‧ar

Verb

jaquear (first-person singular present jaqueo, first-person singular preterite jaqueé, past participle jaqueado)

1. (chess) to check
2. to bother, to molest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jaquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jaquear
gerund			jaqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jaqueado		jaqueada
		plural		jaqueados		jaqueadas
		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	jaqueo	jaqueastú jaqueásvos	jaquea	jaqueamos	jaqueáis	jaquean
	imperfect	jaqueaba	jaqueabas	jaqueaba	jaqueábamos	jaqueabais	jaqueaban
	preterite	jaqueé	jaqueaste	jaqueó	jaqueamos	jaqueasteis	jaquearon
	future	jaquearé	jaquearás	jaqueará	jaquearemos	jaquearéis	jaquearán
	conditional	jaquearía	jaquearías	jaquearía	jaquearíamos	jaquearíais	jaquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jaquee	jaqueestú jaqueésvos2	jaquee	jaqueemos	jaqueéis	jaqueen
	imperfect (ra)	jaqueara	jaquearas	jaqueara	jaqueáramos	jaquearais	jaquearan
	imperfect (se)	jaquease	jaqueases	jaquease	jaqueásemos	jaqueaseis	jaqueasen
	future1	jaqueare	jaqueares	jaqueare	jaqueáremos	jaqueareis	jaquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jaqueatú jaqueávos	jaquee	jaqueemos	jaquead	jaqueen
	negative		no jaquees	no jaquee	no jaqueemos	no jaqueéis	no jaqueen

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

Etymology 2

From jáquer (“hacker”) +‎ -ear.

Alternative forms

• hackear, hakear

Verb

jaquear (first-person singular present jaqueo, first-person singular preterite jaqueé, past participle jaqueado)

1. (computing, transitive) to hack
2. (computing, transitive) to hack in, hack into

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jaquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jaquear
gerund			jaqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jaqueado		jaqueada
		plural		jaqueados		jaqueadas
		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	jaqueo	jaqueastú jaqueásvos	jaquea	jaqueamos	jaqueáis	jaquean
	imperfect	jaqueaba	jaqueabas	jaqueaba	jaqueábamos	jaqueabais	jaqueaban
	preterite	jaqueé	jaqueaste	jaqueó	jaqueamos	jaqueasteis	jaquearon
	future	jaquearé	jaquearás	jaqueará	jaquearemos	jaquearéis	jaquearán
	conditional	jaquearía	jaquearías	jaquearía	jaquearíamos	jaquearíais	jaquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jaquee	jaqueestú jaqueésvos2	jaquee	jaqueemos	jaqueéis	jaqueen
	imperfect (ra)	jaqueara	jaquearas	jaqueara	jaqueáramos	jaquearais	jaquearan
	imperfect (se)	jaquease	jaqueases	jaquease	jaqueásemos	jaqueaseis	jaqueasen
	future1	jaqueare	jaqueares	jaqueare	jaqueáremos	jaqueareis	jaquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jaqueatú jaqueávos	jaquee	jaqueemos	jaquead	jaqueen
	negative		no jaquees	no jaquee	no jaqueemos	no jaqueéis	no jaqueen

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

Further reading

• “jaquear”, 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
• “jaquear”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN