rabear

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Galician rabo

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

Galician -ear

Galician rabear

From rabo (“tail”) + -ear.

Verb

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)
rabear (first-person singular present rabeio, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag
2. (intransitive) to meander; to go like a serpent

   Synonym: serpear

3. (intransitive) to be restless, to lose one's patience

   Synonym: impacientar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rabear
Personal	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearen
Gerund
	rabeando
Past participle
Masculine	rabeado			rabeados
Feminine	rabeada			rabeadas
Indicative
Present	rabeo	rabeas	rabea	rabeamos	rabeades	rabean
Imperfect	rabeaba	rabeabas	rabeaba	rabeabamos	rabeabades	rabeaban
Preterite	rabeei	rabeaches	rabeou	rabeamos	rabeastes	rabearon
Pluperfect	rabeara	rabearas	rabeara	rabearamos	rabearades	rabearan
Future	rabearei	rabearás	rabeará	rabearemos	rabearedes	rabearán
Conditional	rabearía	rabearías	rabearía	rabeariamos	rabeariades	rabearían
Subjunctive
Present	rabee	rabees	rabee	rabeemos	rabeedes	rabeen
Imperfect	rabease	rabeases	rabease	rabeásemos	rabeásedes	rabeasen
Future	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearen
Imperative
Affirmative		rabea	rabee	rabeemos	rabeade	rabeen
Negative (non)		non rabees	non rabee	non rabeemos	non rabeedes	non rabeen

    Reintegrated conjugation of rabear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rabear
Personal	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearem
Gerund
	rabeando
Past participle
Masculine	rabeado			rabeados
Feminine	rabeada			rabeadas
Indicative
Present	rabeio, rabeo1	rabeias, rabeas1	rabeia, rabea1	rabeamos	rabeades, rabeais	rabeiam, rabeam1
Imperfect	rabeava	rabeavas	rabeava	rabeávamos	rabeávades, rabeáveis, rabeávais1	rabeavam
Preterite	rabeei	rabeaste, rabeache1	rabeou	rabeamos	rabeastes	rabeárom, rabearam
Pluperfect	rabeara	rabearas	rabeara	rabeáramos	rabeárades, rabeáreis, rabeárais1	rabearam
Future	rabearei	rabearás	rabeará	rabearemos	rabearedes, rabeareis	rabearám, rabearão
Conditional	rabearia	rabearias	rabearia	rabearíamos	rabearíades, rabearíeis, rabearíais1	rabeariam
Subjunctive
Present	rabeie, rabee1	rabeies, rabees1	rabeie, rabee1	rabeemos	rabeedes, rabeeis	rabeiem, rabeem1
Imperfect	rabeasse	rabeasses	rabeasse	rabeássemos	rabeássedes, rabeásseis	rabeassem
Future	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearem
Imperative
Affirmative		rabeia, rabea1	rabeie, rabee1	rabeemos	rabeade, rabeai	rabeiem, rabeem1
Negative (nom)		nom rabeies, nom rabees1	nom rabeie, nom rabee1	nom rabeemos	nom rabeedes, nom rabeeis	nom rabeiem, nom rabeem1

¹Less recommended.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Galician rabia

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

Galician -ear

Galician rabear

From rabia (“anger”) + -ear.

Verb

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)

1. alternative form of rabiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rabear
Personal	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearen
Gerund
	rabeando
Past participle
Masculine	rabeado			rabeados
Feminine	rabeada			rabeadas
Indicative
Present	rabeo	rabeas	rabea	rabeamos	rabeades	rabean
Imperfect	rabeaba	rabeabas	rabeaba	rabeabamos	rabeabades	rabeaban
Preterite	rabeei	rabeaches	rabeou	rabeamos	rabeastes	rabearon
Pluperfect	rabeara	rabearas	rabeara	rabearamos	rabearades	rabearan
Future	rabearei	rabearás	rabeará	rabearemos	rabearedes	rabearán
Conditional	rabearía	rabearías	rabearía	rabeariamos	rabeariades	rabearían
Subjunctive
Present	rabee	rabees	rabee	rabeemos	rabeedes	rabeen
Imperfect	rabease	rabeases	rabease	rabeásemos	rabeásedes	rabeasen
Future	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearen
Imperative
Affirmative		rabea	rabee	rabeemos	rabeade	rabeen
Negative (non)		non rabees	non rabee	non rabeemos	non rabeedes	non rabeen

References

• “rabear”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.beˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.beˈa(h)], /ʁa.biˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.biˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁaˈbja(ʁ)/ [haˈbja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.beˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.beˈa(h)], /ʁa.biˈa(ʁ)/ [ha.biˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁaˈbja(ʁ)/ [haˈbja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁa.beˈa(ɾ)/ [ha.beˈa(ɾ)], /ʁa.biˈa(ɾ)/ [ha.biˈa(ɾ)], (faster) /ʁaˈbja(ɾ)/ [haˈbja(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.beˈa(ʁ)/ [χa.beˈa(χ)], /ʁa.biˈa(ʁ)/ [χa.biˈa(χ)], (faster) /ʁaˈbja(ʁ)/ [χaˈbja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁa.beˈa(ɻ)/ [ha.beˈa(ɻ)], /ʁa.biˈa(ɻ)/ [ha.biˈa(ɻ)], (faster) /ʁaˈbja(ɻ)/ [haˈbja(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbjaɾ/ [ʁɐˈβjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbjaɾ/ [ʁɐˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbja.ɾi/

Verb

rabear (first-person singular present rabeio, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag

   Synonym: menear

2. (intransitive, figurative) to move out of restlessness or because one is bothered

   Synonym: saracotear

3. (transitive) to drive a plough

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabear (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	rabear
Personal	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearem
Gerund
	rabeando
Past participle
Masculine	rabeado			rabeados
Feminine	rabeada			rabeadas
Indicative
Present	rabeio	rabeias	rabeia	rabeamos	rabeais	rabeiam
Imperfect	rabeava	rabeavas	rabeava	rabeávamos	rabeáveis	rabeavam
Preterite	rabeei	rabeaste	rabeou	rabeamos1, rabeámos2	rabeastes	rabearam
Pluperfect	rabeara	rabearas	rabeara	rabeáramos	rabeáreis	rabearam
Future	rabearei	rabearás	rabeará	rabearemos	rabeareis	rabearão
Conditional	rabearia	rabearias	rabearia	rabearíamos	rabearíeis	rabeariam
Subjunctive
Present	rabeie	rabeies	rabeie	rabeemos	rabeeis	rabeiem
Imperfect	rabeasse	rabeasses	rabeasse	rabeássemos	rabeásseis	rabeassem
Future	rabear	rabeares	rabear	rabearmos	rabeardes	rabearem
Imperative
Affirmative		rabeia	rabeie	rabeemos	rabeai	rabeiem
Negative (não)		não rabeies	não rabeie	não rabeemos	não rabeeis	não rabeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “rabear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rabear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “rabear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps

Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāpóm

Proto-Italic *rāpom

Latin rāpum

Old Spanish rabo

Spanish rabo

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 rabear

From rabo (“tail”) + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rabeˈaɾ/ [ra.β̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧be‧ar

Verb

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeé, past participle rabeado)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag

   Synonym: menear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rabear
gerund			rabeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rabeado		rabeada
		plural		rabeados		rabeadas
		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	rabeo	rabeastú rabeásvos	rabea	rabeamos	rabeáis	rabean
	imperfect	rabeaba	rabeabas	rabeaba	rabeábamos	rabeabais	rabeaban
	preterite	rabeé	rabeaste	rabeó	rabeamos	rabeasteis	rabearon
	future	rabearé	rabearás	rabeará	rabearemos	rabearéis	rabearán
	conditional	rabearía	rabearías	rabearía	rabearíamos	rabearíais	rabearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rabee	rabeestú rabeésvos2	rabee	rabeemos	rabeéis	rabeen
	imperfect (ra)	rabeara	rabearas	rabeara	rabeáramos	rabearais	rabearan
	imperfect (se)	rabease	rabeases	rabease	rabeásemos	rabeaseis	rabeasen
	future1	rabeare	rabeares	rabeare	rabeáremos	rabeareis	rabearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rabeatú rabeávos	rabee	rabeemos	rabead	rabeen
	negative		no rabees	no rabee	no rabeemos	no rabeéis	no rabeen

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

Further reading

• “rabear”, 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