gallear

Spanish

Etymology

From gallo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaʝeˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ʝeˈaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ɡaʎeˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ʎeˈaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ɡaʃeˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ʃeˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ɡaʒeˈaɾ/ [ɡa.ʒeˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ga‧lle‧ar

Verb

gallear (first-person singular present galleo, first-person singular preterite galleé, past participle galleado)

(intransitive) to show off

Conjugation

Conjugation of gallear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			gallear
gerund			galleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		galleado		galleada
		plural		galleados		galleadas
		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	galleo	galleas^{^tú} galleás^{^vos}	gallea	galleamos	galleáis	gallean
	imperfect	galleaba	galleabas	galleaba	galleábamos	galleabais	galleaban
	preterite	galleé	galleaste	galleó	galleamos	galleasteis	gallearon
	future	gallearé	gallearás	galleará	gallearemos	gallearéis	gallearán
	conditional	gallearía	gallearías	gallearía	gallearíamos	gallearíais	gallearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gallee	gallees^{^tú} galleés^{^vos²}	gallee	galleemos	galleéis	galleen
	imperfect (ra)	galleara	gallearas	galleara	galleáramos	gallearais	gallearan
	imperfect (se)	gallease	galleases	gallease	galleásemos	galleaseis	galleasen
	future¹	galleare	galleares	galleare	galleáremos	galleareis	gallearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gallea^{^tú} galleá^{^vos}	gallee	galleemos	gallead	galleen
	negative		no gallees	no gallee	no galleemos	no galleéis	no galleen

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

Further reading

“gallear”, 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