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olear

Spanish, verb/oleˈaɾ/

olear is spelled O-L-E-A-R (5 letters). Olear is a Spanish verb meaning “to oil up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aceitar (condimentar con aceite)”.

What does olear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to oil up

  2. 2

    to encourage; spur on (with cries of olé)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Aceitar (condimentar con aceite). 2. Ungir (aplicar óleo sobre el cuerpo como parte de un ritual). 3. Dar a un enfermo el sacramento de la extremaunción.

verb: 1. Emitir olas.

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 olear

  • oleo first-person present singular
  • oleé first-person preterite singular
  • oleado participle past
  • oleando gerund
  • oleada feminine participle past
  • oleados masculine participle past
  • oleadas feminine participle past
  • oleas indicative informal present
  • oleás indicative informal present
  • olea indicative present singular
  • oleamos first-person indicative plural
  • oleáis indicative plural present
  • olean indicative plural present
  • oleaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • oleabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • oleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • oleabais imperfect indicative plural
  • oleaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce olear?

  • /oleˈaɾ/
  • [o.leˈaɾ]
  • [oleˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to olear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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