broncear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian bronzobor.

Spanish bronce

Spanish -ar

Spanish broncear

From bronce (“bronze”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾonθeˈaɾ/ [bɾõn̟.θeˈaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bɾonseˈaɾ/ [bɾõn.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bron‧ce‧ar

Verb

broncear (first-person singular present bronceo, first-person singular preterite bronceé, past participle bronceado)

1. to tan, bronze
2. (reflexive) to become brown
3. (reflexive) to tan

Conjugation

    Conjugation of broncear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			broncear
gerund			bronceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bronceado		bronceada
		plural		bronceados		bronceadas
		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	bronceo	bronceastú bronceásvos	broncea	bronceamos	bronceáis	broncean
	imperfect	bronceaba	bronceabas	bronceaba	bronceábamos	bronceabais	bronceaban
	preterite	bronceé	bronceaste	bronceó	bronceamos	bronceasteis	broncearon
	future	broncearé	broncearás	bronceará	broncearemos	broncearéis	broncearán
	conditional	broncearía	broncearías	broncearía	broncearíamos	broncearíais	broncearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	broncee	bronceestú bronceésvos2	broncee	bronceemos	bronceéis	bronceen
	imperfect (ra)	bronceara	broncearas	bronceara	bronceáramos	broncearais	broncearan
	imperfect (se)	broncease	bronceases	broncease	bronceásemos	bronceaseis	bronceasen
	future1	bronceare	bronceares	bronceare	bronceáremos	bronceareis	broncearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bronceatú bronceávos	broncee	bronceemos	broncead	bronceen
	negative		no broncees	no broncee	no bronceemos	no bronceéis	no bronceen

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

    Selected combined forms of broncear

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 broncear	dative	broncearme	broncearte	broncearle, broncearse	broncearnos	broncearos	broncearles, broncearse
	accusative	broncearme	broncearte	broncearlo, broncearla, broncearse	broncearnos	broncearos	broncearlos, broncearlas, broncearse
with gerund bronceando	dative	bronceándome	bronceándote	bronceándole, bronceándose	bronceándonos	bronceándoos	bronceándoles, bronceándose
	accusative	bronceándome	bronceándote	bronceándolo, bronceándola, bronceándose	bronceándonos	bronceándoos	bronceándolos, bronceándolas, bronceándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative broncea	dative	broncéame	broncéate	broncéale	broncéanos	not used	broncéales
	accusative	broncéame	broncéate	broncéalo, broncéala	broncéanos	not used	broncéalos, broncéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative bronceá	dative	bronceame	bronceate	bronceale	bronceanos	not used	bronceales
	accusative	bronceame	bronceate	broncealo, bronceala	bronceanos	not used	broncealos, broncealas
with formal second-person singular imperative broncee	dative	broncéeme	not used	broncéele, broncéese	broncéenos	not used	broncéeles
	accusative	broncéeme	not used	broncéelo, broncéela, broncéese	broncéenos	not used	broncéelos, broncéelas
with first-person plural imperative bronceemos	dative	not used	bronceémoste	bronceémosle	bronceémonos	bronceémoos	bronceémosles
	accusative	not used	bronceémoste	bronceémoslo, bronceémosla	bronceémonos	bronceémoos	bronceémoslos, bronceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative broncead	dative	bronceadme	not used	bronceadle	bronceadnos	bronceaos	bronceadles
	accusative	bronceadme	not used	bronceadlo, bronceadla	bronceadnos	bronceaos	bronceadlos, bronceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bronceen	dative	broncéenme	not used	broncéenle	broncéennos	not used	broncéenles, broncéense
	accusative	broncéenme	not used	broncéenlo, broncéenla	broncéennos	not used	broncéenlos, broncéenlas, broncéense

Related terms

• bronceado
• bronceador
• broncearse

Further reading

• “broncear”, 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