payasear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *palejāder.

Latin palea

Italian paglia

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Latin -aceum

Italian -accio

Italian pagliacciobor.

Spanish payaso

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 payasear

From payaso + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paʝaseˈaɾ/ [pa.ʝa.seˈaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /paʝaseˈaɾ/ [pa.ʝa.seˈaɾ] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /paʃaseˈaɾ/ [pa.ʃa.seˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /paʒaseˈaɾ/ [pa.ʒa.seˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /pajaseˈaɾ/ [pa.ja.seˈaɾ] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧ya‧se‧ar

Verb

payasear (first-person singular present payaseo, first-person singular preterite payaseé, past participle payaseado)

1. (intransitive) to goof

Conjugation

    Conjugation of payasear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			payasear
gerund			payaseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		payaseado		payaseada
		plural		payaseados		payaseadas
		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	payaseo	payaseastú payaseásvos	payasea	payaseamos	payaseáis	payasean
	imperfect	payaseaba	payaseabas	payaseaba	payaseábamos	payaseabais	payaseaban
	preterite	payaseé	payaseaste	payaseó	payaseamos	payaseasteis	payasearon
	future	payasearé	payasearás	payaseará	payasearemos	payasearéis	payasearán
	conditional	payasearía	payasearías	payasearía	payasearíamos	payasearíais	payasearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	payasee	payaseestú payaseésvos2	payasee	payaseemos	payaseéis	payaseen
	imperfect (ra)	payaseara	payasearas	payaseara	payaseáramos	payasearais	payasearan
	imperfect (se)	payasease	payaseases	payasease	payaseásemos	payaseaseis	payaseasen
	future1	payaseare	payaseares	payaseare	payaseáremos	payaseareis	payasearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		payaseatú payaseávos	payasee	payaseemos	payasead	payaseen
	negative		no payasees	no payasee	no payaseemos	no payaseéis	no payaseen

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

Further reading

• “payasear”, 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