# zarandear
## Spanish
### Etymology

From zaranda +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θaɾandeˈaɾ/ [θa.ɾãn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾandeˈaɾ/ [sa.ɾãn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: za‧ran‧de‧ar

### Verb

zarandear (first-person singular present zarandeo, first-person singular preterite zarandeé, past participle zarandeado)
* (transitive) to sift, sieve
    Synonym: cerner
* (transitive) to shake, jiggle
** 2020 July 13, “Feijóo conquista su cuarta mayoría absoluta y Urkullu se refuerza”, in El País‎:Para los dos partidos en el Gobierno de España, la jornada fue más aciaga, sobre todo para Podemos, que salió zarandeado: quedó fuera del Parlamento gallego y perdió la mitad de su representación en Euskadi.For the two parties in the Spanish Government, the day was more unfortunate, especially for Podemos, which came out shaken: it was left out of the Galician Parliament and lost half of its representation in Euskadi.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | zarandear | zarandear | zarandear | zarandear | zarandear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | zarandeando | zarandeando | zarandeando | zarandeando | zarandeando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | zarandeado | zarandeado | zarandeada | zarandeada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | zarandeados | zarandeados | zarandeadas | zarandeadas |
| | | 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 | zarandeo | zarandeas$^{tú}$ zarandeás$^{vos}$ | zarandea | zarandeamos | zarandeáis | zarandean |
| indicative | imperfect | zarandeaba | zarandeabas | zarandeaba | zarandeábamos | zarandeabais | zarandeaban |
| indicative | preterite | zarandeé | zarandeaste | zarandeó | zarandeamos | zarandeasteis | zarandearon |
| indicative | future | zarandearé | zarandearás | zarandeará | zarandearemos | zarandearéis | zarandearán |
| indicative | conditional | zarandearía | zarandearías | zarandearía | zarandearíamos | zarandearíais | zarandearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | zarandee | zarandees$^{tú}$ zarandeés$^{vos2}$ | zarandee | zarandeemos | zarandeéis | zarandeen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | zarandeara | zarandearas | zarandeara | zarandeáramos | zarandearais | zarandearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | zarandease | zarandeases | zarandease | zarandeásemos | zarandeaseis | zarandeasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | zarandeare | zarandeares | zarandeare | zarandeáremos | zarandeareis | zarandearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | zarandea$^{tú}$ zarandeá$^{vos}$ | zarandee | zarandeemos | zarandead | zarandeen |
| imperative | negative | | no zarandees | no zarandee | no zarandeemos | no zarandeéis | no zarandeen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “zarandear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28