colear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧le‧ar

Verb

colear (first-person singular present coleio, first-person singular preterite coleei, past participle coleado)

1. to wiggle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colear (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	colear
Personal	colear	coleares	colear	colearmos	coleardes	colearem
Gerund
	coleando
Past participle
Masculine	coleado			coleados
Feminine	coleada			coleadas
Indicative
Present	coleio	coleias	coleia	coleamos	coleais	coleiam
Imperfect	coleava	coleavas	coleava	coleávamos	coleáveis	coleavam
Preterite	coleei	coleaste	coleou	coleamos1, coleámos2	coleastes	colearam
Pluperfect	coleara	colearas	coleara	coleáramos	coleáreis	colearam
Future	colearei	colearás	coleará	colearemos	coleareis	colearão
Conditional	colearia	colearias	colearia	colearíamos	colearíeis	coleariam
Subjunctive
Present	coleie	coleies	coleie	coleemos	coleeis	coleiem
Imperfect	coleasse	coleasses	coleasse	coleássemos	coleásseis	coleassem
Future	colear	coleares	colear	colearmos	coleardes	colearem
Imperative
Affirmative		coleia	coleie	coleemos	coleai	coleiem
Negative (não)		não coleies	não coleie	não coleemos	não coleeis	não coleiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• coleante

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cola

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 colear

From cola + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koleˈaɾ/ [ko.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧le‧ar

Verb

colear (first-person singular present coleo, first-person singular preterite coleé, past participle coleado)

1. (intransitive) to wag one's tail
2. (transitive) to have repercussions
3. (pronominal intransitive, Venezuela) to gatecrash; to sneak in
4. (pronominal intransitive, Venezuela) to cut in line

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			colear
gerund			coleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coleado		coleada
		plural		coleados		coleadas
		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	coleo	coleastú coleásvos	colea	coleamos	coleáis	colean
	imperfect	coleaba	coleabas	coleaba	coleábamos	coleabais	coleaban
	preterite	coleé	coleaste	coleó	coleamos	coleasteis	colearon
	future	colearé	colearás	coleará	colearemos	colearéis	colearán
	conditional	colearía	colearías	colearía	colearíamos	colearíais	colearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	colee	coleestú coleésvos2	colee	coleemos	coleéis	coleen
	imperfect (ra)	coleara	colearas	coleara	coleáramos	colearais	colearan
	imperfect (se)	colease	coleases	colease	coleásemos	coleaseis	coleasen
	future1	coleare	coleares	coleare	coleáremos	coleareis	colearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coleatú coleávos	colee	coleemos	colead	coleen
	negative		no colees	no colee	no coleemos	no coleéis	no coleen

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

    Selected combined forms of colear

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 colear	dative	colearme	colearte	colearle, colearse	colearnos	colearos	colearles, colearse
	accusative	colearme	colearte	colearlo, colearla, colearse	colearnos	colearos	colearlos, colearlas, colearse
with gerund coleando	dative	coleándome	coleándote	coleándole, coleándose	coleándonos	coleándoos	coleándoles, coleándose
	accusative	coleándome	coleándote	coleándolo, coleándola, coleándose	coleándonos	coleándoos	coleándolos, coleándolas, coleándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative colea	dative	coléame	coléate	coléale	coléanos	not used	coléales
	accusative	coléame	coléate	coléalo, coléala	coléanos	not used	coléalos, coléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative coleá	dative	coleame	coleate	coleale	coleanos	not used	coleales
	accusative	coleame	coleate	colealo, coleala	coleanos	not used	colealos, colealas
with formal second-person singular imperative colee	dative	coléeme	not used	coléele, coléese	coléenos	not used	coléeles
	accusative	coléeme	not used	coléelo, coléela, coléese	coléenos	not used	coléelos, coléelas
with first-person plural imperative coleemos	dative	not used	coleémoste	coleémosle	coleémonos	coleémoos	coleémosles
	accusative	not used	coleémoste	coleémoslo, coleémosla	coleémonos	coleémoos	coleémoslos, coleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colead	dative	coleadme	not used	coleadle	coleadnos	coleaos	coleadles
	accusative	coleadme	not used	coleadlo, coleadla	coleadnos	coleaos	coleadlos, coleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coleen	dative	coléenme	not used	coléenle	coléennos	not used	coléenles, coléense
	accusative	coléenme	not used	coléenlo, coléenla	coléennos	not used	coléenlos, coléenlas, coléense

    Conjugation of colearse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			colearse
gerund			coleándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coleado		coleada
		plural		coleados		coleadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	colearme	colearte	colearse	colearnos	colearos	colearse
	gerund	coleándome	coleándote	coleándose	coleándonos	coleándoos	coleándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me coleo	te coleastú te coleásvos	se colea	nos coleamos	os coleáis	se colean
	imperfect	me coleaba	te coleabas	se coleaba	nos coleábamos	os coleabais	se coleaban
	preterite	me coleé	te coleaste	se coleó	nos coleamos	os coleasteis	se colearon
	future	me colearé	te colearás	se coleará	nos colearemos	os colearéis	se colearán
	conditional	me colearía	te colearías	se colearía	nos colearíamos	os colearíais	se colearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me colee	te coleestú te coleésvos2	se colee	nos coleemos	os coleéis	se coleen
	imperfect (ra)	me coleara	te colearas	se coleara	nos coleáramos	os colearais	se colearan
	imperfect (se)	me colease	te coleases	se colease	nos coleásemos	os coleaseis	se coleasen
	future1	me coleare	te coleares	se coleare	nos coleáremos	os coleareis	se colearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coléatetú coleatevos	coléese	coleémonos	coleaos	coléense
	negative		no te colees	no se colee	no nos coleemos	no os coleéis	no se coleen

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

Derived terms

• coleador
• coleadura
• coleo
• vivito y coleando

Further reading

• “colear”, 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
• “colear”, 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