coimear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish coima

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish coimear

From coima + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koimeˈaɾ/ [koi̯.meˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: coi‧me‧ar

Verb

coimear (first-person singular present coimeo, first-person singular preterite coimeé, past participle coimeado)

1. to bribe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coimear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			coimear
gerund			coimeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coimeado		coimeada
		plural		coimeados		coimeadas
		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	coimeo	coimeastú coimeásvos	coimea	coimeamos	coimeáis	coimean
	imperfect	coimeaba	coimeabas	coimeaba	coimeábamos	coimeabais	coimeaban
	preterite	coimeé	coimeaste	coimeó	coimeamos	coimeasteis	coimearon
	future	coimearé	coimearás	coimeará	coimearemos	coimearéis	coimearán
	conditional	coimearía	coimearías	coimearía	coimearíamos	coimearíais	coimearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coimee	coimeestú coimeésvos2	coimee	coimeemos	coimeéis	coimeen
	imperfect (ra)	coimeara	coimearas	coimeara	coimeáramos	coimearais	coimearan
	imperfect (se)	coimease	coimeases	coimease	coimeásemos	coimeaseis	coimeasen
	future1	coimeare	coimeares	coimeare	coimeáremos	coimeareis	coimearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coimeatú coimeávos	coimee	coimeemos	coimead	coimeen
	negative		no coimees	no coimee	no coimeemos	no coimeéis	no coimeen

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

Further reading

• “coimear”, 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