flaquear

Spanish

Etymology

From flaco (“skinny”) +‎ -ear, from Latin flaccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flakeˈaɾ/ [fla.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fla‧que‧ar

Verb

flaquear (first-person singular present flaqueo, first-person singular preterite flaqueé, past participle flaqueado)

1. (intransitive) to weaken
2. (intransitive) to droop
3. (intransitive) to lose heart
4. (intransitive) to flag (mark)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flaquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			flaquear
gerund			flaqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		flaqueado		flaqueada
		plural		flaqueados		flaqueadas
		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	flaqueo	flaqueastú flaqueásvos	flaquea	flaqueamos	flaqueáis	flaquean
	imperfect	flaqueaba	flaqueabas	flaqueaba	flaqueábamos	flaqueabais	flaqueaban
	preterite	flaqueé	flaqueaste	flaqueó	flaqueamos	flaqueasteis	flaquearon
	future	flaquearé	flaquearás	flaqueará	flaquearemos	flaquearéis	flaquearán
	conditional	flaquearía	flaquearías	flaquearía	flaquearíamos	flaquearíais	flaquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	flaquee	flaqueestú flaqueésvos2	flaquee	flaqueemos	flaqueéis	flaqueen
	imperfect (ra)	flaqueara	flaquearas	flaqueara	flaqueáramos	flaquearais	flaquearan
	imperfect (se)	flaquease	flaqueases	flaquease	flaqueásemos	flaqueaseis	flaqueasen
	future1	flaqueare	flaqueares	flaqueare	flaqueáremos	flaqueareis	flaquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		flaqueatú flaqueávos	flaquee	flaqueemos	flaquead	flaqueen
	negative		no flaquees	no flaquee	no flaqueemos	no flaqueéis	no flaqueen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of flaquear

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 flaquear
	dative	flaquearme	flaquearte	flaquearle, flaquearse	flaquearnos	flaquearos	flaquearles, flaquearse
	accusative	flaquearme	flaquearte	flaquearlo, flaquearla, flaquearse	flaquearnos	flaquearos	flaquearlos, flaquearlas, flaquearse
with gerund flaqueando
	dative	flaqueándome	flaqueándote	flaqueándole, flaqueándose	flaqueándonos	flaqueándoos	flaqueándoles, flaqueándose
	accusative	flaqueándome	flaqueándote	flaqueándolo, flaqueándola, flaqueándose	flaqueándonos	flaqueándoos	flaqueándolos, flaqueándolas, flaqueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative flaquea
	dative	flaquéame	flaquéate	flaquéale	flaquéanos	not used	flaquéales
	accusative	flaquéame	flaquéate	flaquéalo, flaquéala	flaquéanos	not used	flaquéalos, flaquéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative flaqueá
	dative	flaqueame	flaqueate	flaqueale	flaqueanos	not used	flaqueales
	accusative	flaqueame	flaqueate	flaquealo, flaqueala	flaqueanos	not used	flaquealos, flaquealas
with formal second-person singular imperative flaquee
	dative	flaquéeme	not used	flaquéele, flaquéese	flaquéenos	not used	flaquéeles
	accusative	flaquéeme	not used	flaquéelo, flaquéela, flaquéese	flaquéenos	not used	flaquéelos, flaquéelas
with first-person plural imperative flaqueemos
	dative	not used	flaqueémoste	flaqueémosle	flaqueémonos	flaqueémoos	flaqueémosles
	accusative	not used	flaqueémoste	flaqueémoslo, flaqueémosla	flaqueémonos	flaqueémoos	flaqueémoslos, flaqueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative flaquead
	dative	flaqueadme	not used	flaqueadle	flaqueadnos	flaqueaos	flaqueadles
	accusative	flaqueadme	not used	flaqueadlo, flaqueadla	flaqueadnos	flaqueaos	flaqueadlos, flaqueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative flaqueen
	dative	flaquéenme	not used	flaquéenle	flaquéennos	not used	flaquéenles, flaquéense
	accusative	flaquéenme	not used	flaquéenlo, flaquéenla	flaquéennos	not used	flaquéenlos, flaquéenlas, flaquéense

Related terms

• flaqueza

 

Further reading

• “flaquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28