patrullera

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʝeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʝe.ɾa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʎeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʎe.ɾa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʃeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʒeɾa/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʒe.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: pa‧tru‧lle‧ra

Noun

patrullera f (plural patrulleras)

  1. patrol boat
    • 2009 June 10, “Gadafi levanta una tienda en Roma”, in BBC Mundo[1]:
      El año pasado, Italia le entregó tres patrulleras a Libia como parte de un acuerdo destinado a llevar a cabo operaciones conjuntas en el Mediterráneo.
      Last year, Italy gave three patrol boats to Libya as part of an agreement to complete joint operations in the Mediterranean.

Adjective

patrullera

  1. feminine singular of patrullero

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French patrouiller, equivalent to patrull +‎ -era

Verb

patrullera (present patrullerar, preterite patrullerade, supine patrullerat, imperative patrullera)

  1. to patrol

Conjugation

Conjugation of patrullera (weak)
active passive
infinitive patrullera patrulleras
supine patrullerat patrullerats
imperative patrullera
imper. plural1 patrulleren
present past present past
indicative patrullerar patrullerade patrulleras patrullerades
ind. plural1 patrullera patrullerade patrulleras patrullerades
subjunctive2 patrullere patrullerade patrulleres patrullerades
present participle patrullerande
past participle patrullerad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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