cloquear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klokeˈaɾ/ [klo.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: clo‧que‧ar

Etymology 1

From cloc (“cluck”) +‎ -ear.

Verb

cloquear (first-person singular present cloqueo, first-person singular preterite cloqueé, past participle cloqueado)

1. (intransitive) to cluck

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cloquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cloquear
gerund			cloqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cloqueado		cloqueada
		plural		cloqueados		cloqueadas
		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	cloqueo	cloqueastú cloqueásvos	cloquea	cloqueamos	cloqueáis	cloquean
	imperfect	cloqueaba	cloqueabas	cloqueaba	cloqueábamos	cloqueabais	cloqueaban
	preterite	cloqueé	cloqueaste	cloqueó	cloqueamos	cloqueasteis	cloquearon
	future	cloquearé	cloquearás	cloqueará	cloquearemos	cloquearéis	cloquearán
	conditional	cloquearía	cloquearías	cloquearía	cloquearíamos	cloquearíais	cloquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cloquee	cloqueestú cloqueésvos2	cloquee	cloqueemos	cloqueéis	cloqueen
	imperfect (ra)	cloqueara	cloquearas	cloqueara	cloqueáramos	cloquearais	cloquearan
	imperfect (se)	cloquease	cloqueases	cloquease	cloqueásemos	cloqueaseis	cloqueasen
	future1	cloqueare	cloqueares	cloqueare	cloqueáremos	cloqueareis	cloquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cloqueatú cloqueávos	cloquee	cloqueemos	cloquead	cloqueen
	negative		no cloquees	no cloquee	no cloqueemos	no cloqueéis	no cloqueen

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

Derived terms

• cloqueo

 

Etymology 2

From cloque +‎ -ear.

Verb

cloquear (first-person singular present cloqueo, first-person singular preterite cloqueé, past participle cloqueado)

1. (transitive) to catch tuna with a large hook

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cloquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cloquear
gerund			cloqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cloqueado		cloqueada
		plural		cloqueados		cloqueadas
		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	cloqueo	cloqueastú cloqueásvos	cloquea	cloqueamos	cloqueáis	cloquean
	imperfect	cloqueaba	cloqueabas	cloqueaba	cloqueábamos	cloqueabais	cloqueaban
	preterite	cloqueé	cloqueaste	cloqueó	cloqueamos	cloqueasteis	cloquearon
	future	cloquearé	cloquearás	cloqueará	cloquearemos	cloquearéis	cloquearán
	conditional	cloquearía	cloquearías	cloquearía	cloquearíamos	cloquearíais	cloquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cloquee	cloqueestú cloqueésvos2	cloquee	cloqueemos	cloqueéis	cloqueen
	imperfect (ra)	cloqueara	cloquearas	cloqueara	cloqueáramos	cloquearais	cloquearan
	imperfect (se)	cloquease	cloqueases	cloquease	cloqueásemos	cloqueaseis	cloqueasen
	future1	cloqueare	cloqueares	cloqueare	cloqueáremos	cloqueareis	cloquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cloqueatú cloqueávos	cloquee	cloqueemos	cloquead	cloqueen
	negative		no cloquees	no cloquee	no cloqueemos	no cloqueéis	no cloqueen

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

Further reading

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