farolear
Spanish, verb/faɾoleˈaɾ/
farolear is spelled F-A-R-O-L-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farolear is a Spanish verb meaning “to swagger, boast, brag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tirarse un farol (engaño)”.
What does farolear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto swagger, boast, brag
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirarse un farol (engaño).
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 farolear
- faroleo first-person present singular
- faroleé first-person preterite singular
- faroleado participle past
- faroleando gerund
- faroleada feminine participle past
- faroleados masculine participle past
- faroleadas feminine participle past
- faroleas indicative informal present
- faroleás indicative informal present
- farolea indicative present singular
- faroleamos first-person indicative plural
- faroleáis indicative plural present
- farolean indicative plural present
- faroleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- faroleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- faroleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- faroleabais imperfect indicative plural
- faroleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farolear?
- /faɾoleˈaɾ/
- [fa.ɾo.leˈaɾ]
- [faɾoleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is farolear in Spanish?
farolear appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).