gitanear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish gitano

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 gitanear

From gitano (“gypsy”) + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xitaneˈaɾ/ [xi.t̪a.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gi‧ta‧ne‧ar

Verb

gitanear (first-person singular present gitaneo, first-person singular preterite gitaneé, past participle gitaneado)

1. to wheedle
2. to gyp someone of

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gitanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gitanear
gerund			gitaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gitaneado		gitaneada
		plural		gitaneados		gitaneadas
		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	gitaneo	gitaneastú gitaneásvos	gitanea	gitaneamos	gitaneáis	gitanean
	imperfect	gitaneaba	gitaneabas	gitaneaba	gitaneábamos	gitaneabais	gitaneaban
	preterite	gitaneé	gitaneaste	gitaneó	gitaneamos	gitaneasteis	gitanearon
	future	gitanearé	gitanearás	gitaneará	gitanearemos	gitanearéis	gitanearán
	conditional	gitanearía	gitanearías	gitanearía	gitanearíamos	gitanearíais	gitanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gitanee	gitaneestú gitaneésvos2	gitanee	gitaneemos	gitaneéis	gitaneen
	imperfect (ra)	gitaneara	gitanearas	gitaneara	gitaneáramos	gitanearais	gitanearan
	imperfect (se)	gitanease	gitaneases	gitanease	gitaneásemos	gitaneaseis	gitaneasen
	future1	gitaneare	gitaneares	gitaneare	gitaneáremos	gitaneareis	gitanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gitaneatú gitaneávos	gitanee	gitaneemos	gitanead	gitaneen
	negative		no gitanees	no gitanee	no gitaneemos	no gitaneéis	no gitaneen

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

Further reading

• “gitanear”, 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