# bobear
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From bobo +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bo.beˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.beˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /bo.beˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.beˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /bo.beˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /bo.beˈa(ʁ)/ [bo.beˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bo.beˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈbjaɾ/ [buˈβjaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈbjaɾ/ [buˈβjaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /buˈbja.ɾi/ [buˈβja.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: bo‧be‧ar

### Verb

bobear (first-person singular present bobeio, first-person singular preterite bobeei, past participle bobeado) (Brazil, intransitive)
* to fool (to act like a fool)
* to blunder (to say or do stupid things)
* to mess up, to miss (to waste an opportunity)
* (colloquial) to slip (to make a mistake)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “bobear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “bobear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From bobo +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bobeˈaɾ/ [bo.β̞eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bo‧be‧ar

### Verb

bobear (first-person singular present bobeo, first-person singular preterite bobeé, past participle bobeado)
* (intransitive) to do or say stupid things
    Synonym: tontear

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | bobear | bobear | bobear | bobear | bobear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | bobeando | bobeando | bobeando | bobeando | bobeando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | bobeado | bobeado | bobeada | bobeada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | bobeados | bobeados | bobeadas | bobeadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | bobeo | bobeas$^{tú}$ bobeás$^{vos}$ | bobea | bobeamos | bobeáis | bobean |
| indicative | imperfect | bobeaba | bobeabas | bobeaba | bobeábamos | bobeabais | bobeaban |
| indicative | preterite | bobeé | bobeaste | bobeó | bobeamos | bobeasteis | bobearon |
| indicative | future | bobearé | bobearás | bobeará | bobearemos | bobearéis | bobearán |
| indicative | conditional | bobearía | bobearías | bobearía | bobearíamos | bobearíais | bobearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | bobee | bobees$^{tú}$ bobeés$^{vos2}$ | bobee | bobeemos | bobeéis | bobeen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | bobeara | bobearas | bobeara | bobeáramos | bobearais | bobearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | bobease | bobeases | bobease | bobeásemos | bobeaseis | bobeasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | bobeare | bobeares | bobeare | bobeáremos | bobeareis | bobearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | bobea$^{tú}$ bobeá$^{vos}$ | bobee | bobeemos | bobead | bobeen |
| imperative | negative | | no bobees | no bobee | no bobeemos | no bobeéis | no bobeen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “bobear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014