gorronear
Spanish, verb/ɡoroneˈaɾ/
gorronear is spelled G-O-R-R-O-N-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gorronear is a Spanish verb meaning “to scrounge, sponge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aprovecharse de otros para divertirse, comer o vivir a expensas de ellos sin aportar medios económicos para…”.
What does gorronear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrounge, sponge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aprovecharse de otros para divertirse, comer o vivir a expensas de ellos sin aportar medios económicos para ello.
verb: 1. Pedir y obtener algo de otra persona sin dar nada a cambio.
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 gorronear
- gorroneo first-person present singular
- gorroneé first-person preterite singular
- gorroneado participle past
- gorroneando gerund
- gorroneada feminine participle past
- gorroneados masculine participle past
- gorroneadas feminine participle past
- gorroneas indicative informal present
- gorroneás indicative informal present
- gorronea indicative present singular
- gorroneamos first-person indicative plural
- gorroneáis indicative plural present
- gorronean indicative plural present
- gorroneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gorroneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gorroneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gorroneabais imperfect indicative plural
- gorroneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gorronear?
- /ɡoroneˈaɾ/
- [ɡo.ro.neˈaɾ]
- [goroneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gorronear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gorronear in Spanish?
gorronear appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).