zigzaguear

Spanish

Etymology

From zigzag +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɡθaɡeˈaɾ/ [θiɣ̞.θa.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siɡsaɡeˈaɾ/ [siɣ̞.sa.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zig‧za‧gue‧ar

Verb

zigzaguear (first-person singular present zigzagueo, first-person singular preterite zigzagueé, past participle zigzagueado)

1. (intransitive) to zigzag

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zigzaguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zigzaguear
gerund			zigzagueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zigzagueado		zigzagueada
		plural		zigzagueados		zigzagueadas
		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	zigzagueo	zigzagueastú zigzagueásvos	zigzaguea	zigzagueamos	zigzagueáis	zigzaguean
	imperfect	zigzagueaba	zigzagueabas	zigzagueaba	zigzagueábamos	zigzagueabais	zigzagueaban
	preterite	zigzagueé	zigzagueaste	zigzagueó	zigzagueamos	zigzagueasteis	zigzaguearon
	future	zigzaguearé	zigzaguearás	zigzagueará	zigzaguearemos	zigzaguearéis	zigzaguearán
	conditional	zigzaguearía	zigzaguearías	zigzaguearía	zigzaguearíamos	zigzaguearíais	zigzaguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zigzaguee	zigzagueestú zigzagueésvos2	zigzaguee	zigzagueemos	zigzagueéis	zigzagueen
	imperfect (ra)	zigzagueara	zigzaguearas	zigzagueara	zigzagueáramos	zigzaguearais	zigzaguearan
	imperfect (se)	zigzaguease	zigzagueases	zigzaguease	zigzagueásemos	zigzagueaseis	zigzagueasen
	future1	zigzagueare	zigzagueares	zigzagueare	zigzagueáremos	zigzagueareis	zigzaguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zigzagueatú zigzagueávos	zigzaguee	zigzagueemos	zigzaguead	zigzagueen
	negative		no zigzaguees	no zigzaguee	no zigzagueemos	no zigzagueéis	no zigzagueen

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

Further reading

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