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bobear

Spanish, verb/bobeˈaɾ/

bobear is spelled B-O-B-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobear is a Spanish verb meaning “to do or say stupid things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer o decir bobadas o boberías”.

What does bobear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to do or say stupid things

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer o decir bobadas o boberías. 2. Perder el tiempo, no utilizarlo para algo práctico o útil.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bobear

  • bobeo first-person present singular
  • bobeé first-person preterite singular
  • bobeado participle past
  • bobeando gerund
  • bobeada feminine participle past
  • bobeados masculine participle past
  • bobeadas feminine participle past
  • bobeas indicative informal present
  • bobeás indicative informal present
  • bobea indicative present singular
  • bobeamos first-person indicative plural
  • bobeáis indicative plural present
  • bobean indicative plural present
  • bobeaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • bobeabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • bobeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • bobeabais imperfect indicative plural
  • bobeaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bobear?

  • /bobeˈaɾ/
  • [bo.β̞eˈaɾ]
  • [boβ̞eˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bobear in Spanish?

bobear appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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