lesear
Spanish, verb[leseˈaɾ]
lesear is a Spanish verb meaning “to be joking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perder el tiempo en leseras, tonterías”.
What does lesear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto be joking
- 2
colloquialto idle doing stupid things
- 3
colloquialto play for a fool, to kid someone, to have someone on
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perder el tiempo en leseras, tonterías.
verb: 1. Tomar el pelo a alguien.
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 lesear
- leseo first-person present singular
- leseé first-person preterite singular
- leseado participle past
- leseando gerund
- leseada feminine participle past
- leseados masculine participle past
- leseadas feminine participle past
- leseas indicative informal present
- leseás indicative informal present
- lesea indicative present singular
- leseamos first-person indicative plural
- leseáis indicative plural present
- lesean indicative plural present
- leseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- leseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- leseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- leseabais imperfect indicative plural
- leseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lesear?
- [leseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lesear in Spanish?
lesear appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).