bolear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese bola

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese bolear

From bola + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.leˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.leˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.leˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.leˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bo.leˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bo.leˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.leˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /bo.leˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bo‧le‧ar

Verb

bolear (first-person singular present boleio, first-person singular preterite boleei, past participle boleado)

1. to shape into a ball

   Synonyms: bolar, abolar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bolear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bolear
Personal	bolear	boleares	bolear	bolearmos	boleardes	bolearem
Gerund
	boleando
Past participle
Masculine	boleado			boleados
Feminine	boleada			boleadas
Indicative
Present	boleio	boleias	boleia	boleamos	boleais	boleiam
Imperfect	boleava	boleavas	boleava	boleávamos	boleáveis	boleavam
Preterite	boleei	boleaste	boleou	boleamos1, boleámos2	boleastes	bolearam
Pluperfect	boleara	bolearas	boleara	boleáramos	boleáreis	bolearam
Future	bolearei	bolearás	boleará	bolearemos	boleareis	bolearão
Conditional	bolearia	bolearias	bolearia	bolearíamos	bolearíeis	boleariam
Subjunctive
Present	boleie	boleies	boleie	boleemos	boleeis	boleiem
Imperfect	boleasse	boleasses	boleasse	boleássemos	boleásseis	boleassem
Future	bolear	boleares	bolear	bolearmos	boleardes	bolearem
Imperative
Affirmative		boleia	boleie	boleemos	boleai	boleiem
Negative (não)		não boleies	não boleie	não boleemos	não boleeis	não boleiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “bolear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bolear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boleˈaɾ/ [bo.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧le‧ar

Verb

bolear (first-person singular present boleo, first-person singular preterite boleé, past participle boleado)

1. to polish
2. to knead
3. to make into balls

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bolear
gerund			boleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		boleado		boleada
		plural		boleados		boleadas
		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	boleo	boleastú boleásvos	bolea	boleamos	boleáis	bolean
	imperfect	boleaba	boleabas	boleaba	boleábamos	boleabais	boleaban
	preterite	boleé	boleaste	boleó	boleamos	boleasteis	bolearon
	future	bolearé	bolearás	boleará	bolearemos	bolearéis	bolearán
	conditional	bolearía	bolearías	bolearía	bolearíamos	bolearíais	bolearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bolee	boleestú boleésvos2	bolee	boleemos	boleéis	boleen
	imperfect (ra)	boleara	bolearas	boleara	boleáramos	bolearais	bolearan
	imperfect (se)	bolease	boleases	bolease	boleásemos	boleaseis	boleasen
	future1	boleare	boleares	boleare	boleáremos	boleareis	bolearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		boleatú boleávos	bolee	boleemos	bolead	boleen
	negative		no bolees	no bolee	no boleemos	no boleéis	no boleen

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

Further reading

• “bolear”, 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