bucear

Spanish

Etymology

From buzo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buθeˈaɾ/ [bu.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /buseˈaɾ/ [bu.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bu‧ce‧ar

Verb

bucear (first-person singular present buceo, first-person singular preterite buceé, past participle buceado)

  1. to dive, to swim under water
    Synonym: buzar
  2. to snorkel
  3. to work as a diver
  4. (figuratively) to delve into
  5. (slang, Venezuela) to ogle, to check out, to watch (e.g. an attractive person)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bucear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bucear
gerund buceando
past participle masculine feminine
singular buceado buceada
plural buceados buceadas
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 buceo buceastú
buceásvos 		bucea buceamos buceáis bucean
imperfect buceaba buceabas buceaba buceábamos buceabais buceaban
preterite buceé buceaste buceó buceamos buceasteis bucearon
future bucearé bucearás buceará bucearemos bucearéis bucearán
conditional bucearía bucearías bucearía bucearíamos bucearíais bucearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bucee buceestú
buceésvos2 		bucee buceemos buceéis buceen
imperfect
(ra) 		buceara bucearas buceara buceáramos bucearais bucearan
imperfect
(se) 		bucease buceases bucease buceásemos buceaseis buceasen
future1 buceare buceares buceare buceáremos buceareis bucearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative buceatú
buceávos 		bucee buceemos bucead buceen
negative no bucees no bucee no buceemos no buceéis no buceen

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

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