holgazanear

Spanish

Etymology

From holgazán (“lazy”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /olɡaθaneˈaɾ/ [ol.ɣ̞a.θa.neˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /olɡasaneˈaɾ/ [ol.ɣ̞a.sa.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hol‧ga‧za‧ne‧ar

Verb

holgazanear (first-person singular present holgazaneo, first-person singular preterite holgazaneé, past participle holgazaneado)

1. to idle, to laze about, to loaf about, to goof off, to loaf, to laze, to lounge, to lie around, to loiter, to slack off, to slack

   Synonyms: haraganear, perecear, vaguear

2. to veg out, veg
3. to lounge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of holgazanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			holgazanear
gerund			holgazaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		holgazaneado		holgazaneada
		plural		holgazaneados		holgazaneadas
		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	holgazaneo	holgazaneastú holgazaneásvos	holgazanea	holgazaneamos	holgazaneáis	holgazanean
	imperfect	holgazaneaba	holgazaneabas	holgazaneaba	holgazaneábamos	holgazaneabais	holgazaneaban
	preterite	holgazaneé	holgazaneaste	holgazaneó	holgazaneamos	holgazaneasteis	holgazanearon
	future	holgazanearé	holgazanearás	holgazaneará	holgazanearemos	holgazanearéis	holgazanearán
	conditional	holgazanearía	holgazanearías	holgazanearía	holgazanearíamos	holgazanearíais	holgazanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	holgazanee	holgazaneestú holgazaneésvos2	holgazanee	holgazaneemos	holgazaneéis	holgazaneen
	imperfect (ra)	holgazaneara	holgazanearas	holgazaneara	holgazaneáramos	holgazanearais	holgazanearan
	imperfect (se)	holgazanease	holgazaneases	holgazanease	holgazaneásemos	holgazaneaseis	holgazaneasen
	future1	holgazaneare	holgazaneares	holgazaneare	holgazaneáremos	holgazaneareis	holgazanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		holgazaneatú holgazaneávos	holgazanee	holgazaneemos	holgazanead	holgazaneen
	negative		no holgazanees	no holgazanee	no holgazaneemos	no holgazaneéis	no holgazaneen

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

Further reading

• “holgazanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10