chivear
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃibeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.β̞eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧ve‧ar
Verb
chivear (first-person singular present chiveo, first-person singular preterite chiveé, past participle chiveado)
- (intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala) to gamble with cards or dices, generally wagering money.
- (intransitive, El Salvador) to play darts
- (transitive, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) to make (someone) embarrassed
- (intransitive, pronominal, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) to blush; to get embarrassed
- (intransitive, pronominal, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to escape
Conjugation
Conjugation of chivear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | chivear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | chiveando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | chiveado | chiveada | |||||
| plural | chiveados | chiveadas | |||||
| 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 | chiveo | chiveastú chiveásvos |
chivea | chiveamos | chiveáis | chivean | |
| imperfect | chiveaba | chiveabas | chiveaba | chiveábamos | chiveabais | chiveaban | |
| preterite | chiveé | chiveaste | chiveó | chiveamos | chiveasteis | chivearon | |
| future | chivearé | chivearás | chiveará | chivearemos | chivearéis | chivearán | |
| conditional | chivearía | chivearías | chivearía | chivearíamos | chivearíais | chivearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | chivee | chiveestú chiveésvos2 |
chivee | chiveemos | chiveéis | chiveen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
chiveara | chivearas | chiveara | chiveáramos | chivearais | chivearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
chivease | chiveases | chivease | chiveásemos | chiveaseis | chiveasen | |
| future1 | chiveare | chiveares | chiveare | chiveáremos | chiveareis | chivearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | chiveatú chiveávos |
chivee | chiveemos | chivead | chiveen | ||
| negative | no chivees | no chivee | no chiveemos | no chiveéis | no chiveen | ||
Selected combined forms of chivear
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 chivear | dative | chivearme | chivearte | chivearle, chivearse | chivearnos | chivearos | chivearles, chivearse |
| accusative | chivearme | chivearte | chivearlo, chivearla, chivearse | chivearnos | chivearos | chivearlos, chivearlas, chivearse | |
| with gerund chiveando | dative | chiveándome | chiveándote | chiveándole, chiveándose | chiveándonos | chiveándoos | chiveándoles, chiveándose |
| accusative | chiveándome | chiveándote | chiveándolo, chiveándola, chiveándose | chiveándonos | chiveándoos | chiveándolos, chiveándolas, chiveándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative chivea | dative | chivéame | chivéate | chivéale | chivéanos | not used | chivéales |
| accusative | chivéame | chivéate | chivéalo, chivéala | chivéanos | not used | chivéalos, chivéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative chiveá | dative | chiveame | chiveate | chiveale | chiveanos | not used | chiveales |
| accusative | chiveame | chiveate | chivealo, chiveala | chiveanos | not used | chivealos, chivealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative chivee | dative | chivéeme | not used | chivéele, chivéese | chivéenos | not used | chivéeles |
| accusative | chivéeme | not used | chivéelo, chivéela, chivéese | chivéenos | not used | chivéelos, chivéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative chiveemos | dative | not used | chiveémoste | chiveémosle | chiveémonos | chiveémoos | chiveémosles |
| accusative | not used | chiveémoste | chiveémoslo, chiveémosla | chiveémonos | chiveémoos | chiveémoslos, chiveémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative chivead | dative | chiveadme | not used | chiveadle | chiveadnos | chiveaos | chiveadles |
| accusative | chiveadme | not used | chiveadlo, chiveadla | chiveadnos | chiveaos | chiveadlos, chiveadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative chiveen | dative | chivéenme | not used | chivéenle | chivéennos | not used | chivéenles, chivéense |
| accusative | chivéenme | not used | chivéenlo, chivéenla | chivéennos | not used | chivéenlos, chivéenlas, chivéense | |
Quotations
- 2017 November 12, Jessica Rojas Ch, “Tamela Hedström le da a su música nuevos aires”, in La Nación (Costa Rica)[1]:
- Quería chivear, pero por mi pie no puedo estar haciendo loco, quiero producir, quiero crear, así que me puse a escribir canciones con mucha gente buena.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “chivear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “chivear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010