bobear
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From bobo + -ear.
=== Pronunciation ===
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 ====
=== Further reading ===
“bobear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bobear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“bobear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From bobo + -ear.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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 ====
=== Further reading ===
“bobear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025