olear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa(ʁ)/ [o.leˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa(ʁ)/ [o.leˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa(ʁ)/ [o.leˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: o‧le‧ar

Verb

olear (first-person singular present oleio, first-person singular preterite oleei, past participle oleado)

1. (transitive) to oil (to grease with oil)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of olear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	olear
Personal	olear	oleares	olear	olearmos	oleardes	olearem
Gerund
	oleando
Past participle
Masculine	oleado			oleados
Feminine	oleada			oleadas
Indicative
Present	oleio	oleias	oleia	oleamos	oleais	oleiam
Imperfect	oleava	oleavas	oleava	oleávamos	oleáveis	oleavam
Preterite	oleei	oleaste	oleou	oleamos1, oleámos2	oleastes	olearam
Pluperfect	oleara	olearas	oleara	oleáramos	oleáreis	olearam
Future	olearei	olearás	oleará	olearemos	oleareis	olearão
Conditional	olearia	olearias	olearia	olearíamos	olearíeis	oleariam
Subjunctive
Present	oleie	oleies	oleie	oleemos	oleeis	oleiem
Imperfect	oleasse	oleasses	oleasse	oleássemos	oleásseis	oleassem
Future	olear	oleares	olear	olearmos	oleardes	olearem
Imperative
Affirmative		oleia	oleie	oleemos	oleai	oleiem
Negative (não)		não oleies	não oleie	não oleemos	não oleeis	não oleiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• óleo

Further reading

• “olear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “olear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oleˈaɾ/ [o.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧le‧ar

Verb

olear (first-person singular present oleo, first-person singular preterite oleé, past participle oleado)

1. to oil up
2. to encourage; spur on (with cries of olé)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of olear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			olear
gerund			oleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		oleado		oleada
		plural		oleados		oleadas
		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	oleo	oleastú oleásvos	olea	oleamos	oleáis	olean
	imperfect	oleaba	oleabas	oleaba	oleábamos	oleabais	oleaban
	preterite	oleé	oleaste	oleó	oleamos	oleasteis	olearon
	future	olearé	olearás	oleará	olearemos	olearéis	olearán
	conditional	olearía	olearías	olearía	olearíamos	olearíais	olearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	olee	oleestú oleésvos2	olee	oleemos	oleéis	oleen
	imperfect (ra)	oleara	olearas	oleara	oleáramos	olearais	olearan
	imperfect (se)	olease	oleases	olease	oleásemos	oleaseis	oleasen
	future1	oleare	oleares	oleare	oleáremos	oleareis	olearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		oleatú oleávos	olee	oleemos	olead	oleen
	negative		no olees	no olee	no oleemos	no oleéis	no oleen

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

    Selected combined forms of olear

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 olear	dative	olearme	olearte	olearle, olearse	olearnos	olearos	olearles, olearse
	accusative	olearme	olearte	olearlo, olearla, olearse	olearnos	olearos	olearlos, olearlas, olearse
with gerund oleando	dative	oleándome	oleándote	oleándole, oleándose	oleándonos	oleándoos	oleándoles, oleándose
	accusative	oleándome	oleándote	oleándolo, oleándola, oleándose	oleándonos	oleándoos	oleándolos, oleándolas, oleándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative olea	dative	oléame	oléate	oléale	oléanos	not used	oléales
	accusative	oléame	oléate	oléalo, oléala	oléanos	not used	oléalos, oléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative oleá	dative	oleame	oleate	oleale	oleanos	not used	oleales
	accusative	oleame	oleate	olealo, oleala	oleanos	not used	olealos, olealas
with formal second-person singular imperative olee	dative	oléeme	not used	oléele, oléese	oléenos	not used	oléeles
	accusative	oléeme	not used	oléelo, oléela, oléese	oléenos	not used	oléelos, oléelas
with first-person plural imperative oleemos	dative	not used	oleémoste	oleémosle	oleémonos	oleémoos	oleémosles
	accusative	not used	oleémoste	oleémoslo, oleémosla	oleémonos	oleémoos	oleémoslos, oleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative olead	dative	oleadme	not used	oleadle	oleadnos	oleaos	oleadles
	accusative	oleadme	not used	oleadlo, oleadla	oleadnos	oleaos	oleadlos, oleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative oleen	dative	oléenme	not used	oléenle	oléennos	not used	oléenles, oléense
	accusative	oléenme	not used	oléenlo, oléenla	oléennos	not used	oléenlos, oléenlas, oléense

Further reading

• “olear”, 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