pololear
Spanish, verb/pololeˈaɾ/
pololear is spelled P-O-L-O-L-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pololear is a Spanish verb meaning “to court, woo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar en una relación sentimental más o menos estable y formal con alguno”.
What does pololear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto court, woo
- 2
colloquialto go steady
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar en una relación sentimental más o menos estable y formal con alguno. 2. Mimarse íntima o románticamente los miembros de una pareja. 3. Ganar el favor de alguien comportándose de forma zalamera y servil ^([cita requerida]).
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 pololear
- pololeo first-person present singular
- pololeé first-person preterite singular
- pololeado participle past
- pololeando gerund
- pololeada feminine participle past
- pololeados masculine participle past
- pololeadas feminine participle past
- pololeas indicative informal present
- pololeás indicative informal present
- pololea indicative present singular
- pololeamos first-person indicative plural
- pololeáis indicative plural present
- pololean indicative plural present
- pololeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pololeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pololeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pololeabais imperfect indicative plural
- pololeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pololear?
- /pololeˈaɾ/
- [po.lo.leˈaɾ]
- [pololeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pololear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pololear in Spanish?
pololear appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).