bisbisear

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bisbisar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of muttering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisbiseˈaɾ/ [biz.β̞i.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bis‧bi‧se‧ar

Verb

bisbisear (first-person singular present bisbiseo, first-person singular preterite bisbiseé, past participle bisbiseado)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to mutter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bisbisear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bisbisear
gerund			bisbiseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bisbiseado		bisbiseada
		plural		bisbiseados		bisbiseadas
		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	bisbiseo	bisbiseastú bisbiseásvos	bisbisea	bisbiseamos	bisbiseáis	bisbisean
	imperfect	bisbiseaba	bisbiseabas	bisbiseaba	bisbiseábamos	bisbiseabais	bisbiseaban
	preterite	bisbiseé	bisbiseaste	bisbiseó	bisbiseamos	bisbiseasteis	bisbisearon
	future	bisbisearé	bisbisearás	bisbiseará	bisbisearemos	bisbisearéis	bisbisearán
	conditional	bisbisearía	bisbisearías	bisbisearía	bisbisearíamos	bisbisearíais	bisbisearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bisbisee	bisbiseestú bisbiseésvos2	bisbisee	bisbiseemos	bisbiseéis	bisbiseen
	imperfect (ra)	bisbiseara	bisbisearas	bisbiseara	bisbiseáramos	bisbisearais	bisbisearan
	imperfect (se)	bisbisease	bisbiseases	bisbisease	bisbiseásemos	bisbiseaseis	bisbiseasen
	future1	bisbiseare	bisbiseares	bisbiseare	bisbiseáremos	bisbiseareis	bisbisearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bisbiseatú bisbiseávos	bisbisee	bisbiseemos	bisbisead	bisbiseen
	negative		no bisbisees	no bisbisee	no bisbiseemos	no bisbiseéis	no bisbiseen

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

Further reading

• “bisbisear”, 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