manguear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manɡeˈaɾ/ [mãŋ.ɡeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧gue‧ar

Verb

manguear (first-person singular present mangueo, first-person singular preterite mangueé, past participle mangueado)

1. (Argentina, colloquial) to ask someone to give you something for free (typically money)

   Synonym: (Argentina) tirar la manga

2. (Argentina, colloquial) to ask someone a favour.

   Synonym: (Argentina (Santiago del Estero)) minguear

   Como ya tenían confianza, le mangueó que le comprara el almuerzo.

   Because they trusted eachother, he asked her to buy him lunch.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manguear
gerund			mangueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mangueado		mangueada
		plural		mangueados		mangueadas
		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	mangueo	mangueastú mangueásvos	manguea	mangueamos	mangueáis	manguean
	imperfect	mangueaba	mangueabas	mangueaba	mangueábamos	mangueabais	mangueaban
	preterite	mangueé	mangueaste	mangueó	mangueamos	mangueasteis	manguearon
	future	manguearé	manguearás	mangueará	manguearemos	manguearéis	manguearán
	conditional	manguearía	manguearías	manguearía	manguearíamos	manguearíais	manguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manguee	mangueestú mangueésvos2	manguee	mangueemos	mangueéis	mangueen
	imperfect (ra)	mangueara	manguearas	mangueara	mangueáramos	manguearais	manguearan
	imperfect (se)	manguease	mangueases	manguease	mangueásemos	mangueaseis	mangueasen
	future1	mangueare	mangueares	mangueare	mangueáremos	mangueareis	manguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mangueatú mangueávos	manguee	mangueemos	manguead	mangueen
	negative		no manguees	no manguee	no mangueemos	no mangueéis	no mangueen

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

    Selected combined forms of manguear

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 manguear
	dative	manguearme	manguearte	manguearle, manguearse	manguearnos	manguearos	manguearles, manguearse
	accusative	manguearme	manguearte	manguearlo, manguearla, manguearse	manguearnos	manguearos	manguearlos, manguearlas, manguearse
with gerund mangueando
	dative	mangueándome	mangueándote	mangueándole, mangueándose	mangueándonos	mangueándoos	mangueándoles, mangueándose
	accusative	mangueándome	mangueándote	mangueándolo, mangueándola, mangueándose	mangueándonos	mangueándoos	mangueándolos, mangueándolas, mangueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative manguea
	dative	manguéame	manguéate	manguéale	manguéanos	not used	manguéales
	accusative	manguéame	manguéate	manguéalo, manguéala	manguéanos	not used	manguéalos, manguéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mangueá
	dative	mangueame	mangueate	mangueale	mangueanos	not used	mangueales
	accusative	mangueame	mangueate	manguealo, mangueala	mangueanos	not used	manguealos, manguealas
with formal second-person singular imperative manguee
	dative	manguéeme	not used	manguéele, manguéese	manguéenos	not used	manguéeles
	accusative	manguéeme	not used	manguéelo, manguéela, manguéese	manguéenos	not used	manguéelos, manguéelas
with first-person plural imperative mangueemos
	dative	not used	mangueémoste	mangueémosle	mangueémonos	mangueémoos	mangueémosles
	accusative	not used	mangueémoste	mangueémoslo, mangueémosla	mangueémonos	mangueémoos	mangueémoslos, mangueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manguead
	dative	mangueadme	not used	mangueadle	mangueadnos	mangueaos	mangueadles
	accusative	mangueadme	not used	mangueadlo, mangueadla	mangueadnos	mangueaos	mangueadlos, mangueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mangueen
	dative	manguéenme	not used	manguéenle	manguéennos	not used	manguéenles, manguéense
	accusative	manguéenme	not used	manguéenlo, manguéenla	manguéennos	not used	manguéenlos, manguéenlas, manguéense

Further reading

• “manguear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• amarguen, amenguar, amugaren, manguera, menguará, menguara