balbucear

Spanish

Etymology

From the verb balbucir, from Latin balbūtīre, present active infinitive of balbūtiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /balbuθeˈaɾ/, [balβuθeˈaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /balbuseˈaɾ/, [balβuseˈaɾ]

Verb

balbucear (first-person singular present balbuceo, first-person singular preterite balbuceé, past participle balbuceado)

  1. to mutter
  2. to stutter
  3. to prattle
  4. to lisp

Conjugation
        Conjugation of balbucear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive balbucear
    gerund balbuceando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular balbuceado balbuceada
    plural balbuceados balbuceadas
    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 balbuceo balbuceastú
    balbuceásvos    		 balbucea balbuceamos balbuceáis balbucean
    imperfect balbuceaba balbuceabas balbuceaba balbuceábamos balbuceabais balbuceaban
    preterite balbuceé balbuceaste balbuceó balbuceamos balbuceasteis balbucearon
    future balbucearé balbucearás balbuceará balbucearemos balbucearéis balbucearán
    conditional balbucearía balbucearías balbucearía balbucearíamos balbucearíais balbucearían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present balbucee balbuceestú
    balbuceésvos2    		 balbucee balbuceemos balbuceéis balbuceen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 balbuceara balbucearas balbuceara balbuceáramos balbucearais balbucearan
    imperfect
    (se)    		 balbucease balbuceases balbucease balbuceásemos balbuceaseis balbuceasen
    future1 balbuceare balbuceares balbuceare balbuceáremos balbuceareis balbucearen
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative balbuceatú
    balbuceávos    		 balbucee balbuceemos balbucead balbuceen
    negative no balbucees no balbucee no balbuceemos no balbuceéis no balbuceen
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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