bolsear
Spanish, verb/bolseˈaɾ/
bolsear is a Spanish verb meaning “to pickpocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hurtar”.
What does bolsear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicocolloquialto pickpocket
- 2
colloquialto sponge, scrounge, mooch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hurtar. 2. Cachar (registrar manualmente a una persona por sobre sus vestidos para averiguar si porta objetos ilegales). 3. Desvalijar una propiedad ajena. 4. Tomar una persona como rehén en un robo a mano armada.
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 bolsear
- bolseo first-person present singular
- bolseé first-person preterite singular
- bolseado participle past
- bolseando gerund
- bolseada feminine participle past
- bolseados masculine participle past
- bolseadas feminine participle past
- bolseas indicative informal present
- bolseás indicative informal present
- bolsea indicative present singular
- bolseamos first-person indicative plural
- bolseáis indicative plural present
- bolsean indicative plural present
- bolseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bolseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bolseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bolseabais imperfect indicative plural
- bolseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolsear?
- /bolseˈaɾ/
- [bol.seˈaɾ]
- [bolseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bolsear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.