dragonear

Spanish

Etymology

From dragón +‎ -ear. 1701 is the first documented use of the word, meaning to show off, either derived from the flashiness of a dragon or of the dragoon. It came to mean to pose by 1874, and to flirt by 1885. The Uruguayan meaning is the most recent, 1978.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɾaɡoneˈaɾ/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞o.neˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: dra‧go‧ne‧ar

Verb

dragonear (first-person singular present dragoneo, first-person singular preterite dragoneé, past participle dragoneado)

  1. (Southern Cone, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru) to pose (as a professional)
  2. (Argentina, Peru) to show off; brag
  3. (colloquial, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Peru, Paraguay, Rioplatense, dated) to flirt; to woo
  4. (colloquial, Uruguay) to eye

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dragonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive dragonear
gerund dragoneando
past participle masculine feminine
singular dragoneado dragoneada
plural dragoneados dragoneadas
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 dragoneo dragoneastú
dragoneásvos 		dragonea dragoneamos dragoneáis dragonean
imperfect dragoneaba dragoneabas dragoneaba dragoneábamos dragoneabais dragoneaban
preterite dragoneé dragoneaste dragoneó dragoneamos dragoneasteis dragonearon
future dragonearé dragonearás dragoneará dragonearemos dragonearéis dragonearán
conditional dragonearía dragonearías dragonearía dragonearíamos dragonearíais dragonearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present dragonee dragoneestú
dragoneésvos2 		dragonee dragoneemos dragoneéis dragoneen
imperfect
(ra) 		dragoneara dragonearas dragoneara dragoneáramos dragonearais dragonearan
imperfect
(se) 		dragonease dragoneases dragonease dragoneásemos dragoneaseis dragoneasen
future1 dragoneare dragoneares dragoneare dragoneáremos dragoneareis dragonearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative dragoneatú
dragoneávos 		dragonee dragoneemos dragonead dragoneen
negative no dragonees no dragonee no dragoneemos no dragoneéis no dragoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of dragonear

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 dragonear dative dragonearme dragonearte dragonearle, dragonearse dragonearnos dragonearos dragonearles, dragonearse
accusative dragonearme dragonearte dragonearlo, dragonearla, dragonearse dragonearnos dragonearos dragonearlos, dragonearlas, dragonearse
with gerund dragoneando dative dragoneándome dragoneándote dragoneándole, dragoneándose dragoneándonos dragoneándoos dragoneándoles, dragoneándose
accusative dragoneándome dragoneándote dragoneándolo, dragoneándola, dragoneándose dragoneándonos dragoneándoos dragoneándolos, dragoneándolas, dragoneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative dragonea dative dragonéame dragonéate dragonéale dragonéanos not used dragonéales
accusative dragonéame dragonéate dragonéalo, dragonéala dragonéanos not used dragonéalos, dragonéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dragoneá dative dragoneame dragoneate dragoneale dragoneanos not used dragoneales
accusative dragoneame dragoneate dragonealo, dragoneala dragoneanos not used dragonealos, dragonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative dragonee dative dragonéeme not used dragonéele, dragonéese dragonéenos not used dragonéeles
accusative dragonéeme not used dragonéelo, dragonéela, dragonéese dragonéenos not used dragonéelos, dragonéelas
with first-person plural imperative dragoneemos dative not used dragoneémoste dragoneémosle dragoneémonos dragoneémoos dragoneémosles
accusative not used dragoneémoste dragoneémoslo, dragoneémosla dragoneémonos dragoneémoos dragoneémoslos, dragoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dragonead dative dragoneadme not used dragoneadle dragoneadnos dragoneaos dragoneadles
accusative dragoneadme not used dragoneadlo, dragoneadla dragoneadnos dragoneaos dragoneadlos, dragoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dragoneen dative dragonéenme not used dragonéenle dragonéennos not used dragonéenles, dragonéense
accusative dragonéenme not used dragonéenlo, dragonéenla dragonéennos not used dragonéenlos, dragonéenlas, dragonéense

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