boletear
Spanish, verb/boleteˈaɾ/
boletear is spelled B-O-L-E-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boletear is a Spanish verb meaning “to kill; to murder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asesinar, matar a alguien con premeditación”.
What does boletear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kill; to murder
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asesinar, matar a alguien con premeditación. 2. Extorsionar, amenazar o calumniar a alguien a través de mensajes (boletas).
verb: 1. Trabajar sin sueldo fijo, cobrando con boletas (comprobante de honorarios) por cada trabajo realizado. 2. No decir la verdad o decir falsedades. 3. Avergonzar, poner en evidencia o en ridículo, ridiculizar. 4. Exhibir algo con descaro o de modo indiscreto.
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 boletear
- boleteo first-person present singular
- boleteé first-person preterite singular
- boleteado participle past
- boleteando gerund
- boleteada feminine participle past
- boleteados masculine participle past
- boleteadas feminine participle past
- boleteas indicative informal present
- boleteás indicative informal present
- boletea indicative present singular
- boleteamos first-person indicative plural
- boleteáis indicative plural present
- boletean indicative plural present
- boleteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- boleteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- boleteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- boleteabais imperfect indicative plural
- boleteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boletear?
- /boleteˈaɾ/
- [bo.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [bolet̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boletear in Spanish?
boletear appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).