versear

Spanish

Etymology

From verso.

Verb

versear (first-person singular present verseo, first-person singular preterite verseé, past participle verseado)

to lie, to tell a tall tale

Conjugation

Conjugation of versear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			versear
gerund			verseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		verseado		verseada
		plural		verseados		verseadas
		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	verseo	verseas^{^tú} verseás^{^vos}	versea	verseamos	verseáis	versean
	imperfect	verseaba	verseabas	verseaba	verseábamos	verseabais	verseaban
	preterite	verseé	verseaste	verseó	verseamos	verseasteis	versearon
	future	versearé	versearás	verseará	versearemos	versearéis	versearán
	conditional	versearía	versearías	versearía	versearíamos	versearíais	versearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	versee	versees^{^tú} verseés^{^vos²}	versee	verseemos	verseéis	verseen
	imperfect (ra)	verseara	versearas	verseara	verseáramos	versearais	versearan
	imperfect (se)	versease	verseases	versease	verseásemos	verseaseis	verseasen
	future¹	verseare	verseares	verseare	verseáremos	verseareis	versearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		versea^{^tú} verseá^{^vos}	versee	verseemos	versead	verseen
	negative		no versees	no versee	no verseemos	no verseéis	no verseen

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

Further reading

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

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