flojear

Spanish

Etymology

From flojo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floxeˈaɾ/ [flo.xeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: flo‧je‧ar

Verb

flojear (first-person singular present flojeo, first-person singular preterite flojeé, past participle flojeado)

1. to idle, be lazy

   Synonyms: haraganear, sacar la vuelta, remolonear, zanganear, holgazanear, magancear

2. to weaken

   Synonyms: aflojar, flaquear, debilitarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flojear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			flojear
gerund			flojeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		flojeado		flojeada
		plural		flojeados		flojeadas
		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	flojeo	flojeastú flojeásvos	flojea	flojeamos	flojeáis	flojean
	imperfect	flojeaba	flojeabas	flojeaba	flojeábamos	flojeabais	flojeaban
	preterite	flojeé	flojeaste	flojeó	flojeamos	flojeasteis	flojearon
	future	flojearé	flojearás	flojeará	flojearemos	flojearéis	flojearán
	conditional	flojearía	flojearías	flojearía	flojearíamos	flojearíais	flojearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	flojee	flojeestú flojeésvos2	flojee	flojeemos	flojeéis	flojeen
	imperfect (ra)	flojeara	flojearas	flojeara	flojeáramos	flojearais	flojearan
	imperfect (se)	flojease	flojeases	flojease	flojeásemos	flojeaseis	flojeasen
	future1	flojeare	flojeares	flojeare	flojeáremos	flojeareis	flojearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		flojeatú flojeávos	flojee	flojeemos	flojead	flojeen
	negative		no flojees	no flojee	no flojeemos	no flojeéis	no flojeen

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

Further reading

• “flojear”, 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