bolear
Spanish, verb/boleˈaɾ/
bolear is spelled B-O-L-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolear is a Spanish verb meaning “to polish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Embolinar, confundir, enredar”.
What does bolear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to polish
- 2
to knead
- 3
to make into balls
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Embolinar, confundir, enredar. 2. Dar muerte a alguien. 3. Dar forma de bola a un alimento. Por ej.: albóndigas. Y por extensión a croquetas, masa de pan, etc. Se usa en cocinas profesionales y panaderías.^([cita requerida])
verb: 1. En los juegos de truco y billar, jugar por puro entretenimiento, sin interés y sin hacer partido. 2. Tirar las bolas de madera o de hierro, apostando a quién las arroja más lejos. 3. Echar muchas mentiras.
verb: 1. Tirar, arrojar, empujar o impulsar algo.
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 bolear
- boleo first-person present singular
- boleé first-person preterite singular
- boleado participle past
- boleando gerund
- boleada feminine participle past
- boleados masculine participle past
- boleadas feminine participle past
- boleas indicative informal present
- boleás indicative informal present
- bolea indicative present singular
- boleamos first-person indicative plural
- boleáis indicative plural present
- bolean indicative plural present
- boleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- boleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- boleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- boleabais imperfect indicative plural
- boleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolear?
- /boleˈaɾ/
- [bo.leˈaɾ]
- [boleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bolear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bolear in Spanish?
bolear appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).