bolear
Portuguese, verb/bo.leˈa(ʁ)/
bolear is spelled B-O-L-E-A-R (6 letters). Bolear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shape into a ball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar forma de bola a”.
What does bolear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shape into a ball
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar forma de bola a 2. arredondar 3. deixar-se o cavalo cair com o cavaleiro 4. pear com as bolas (um cavalo)
verb: 1. conduzir à boleia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bolear
- boleio first-person present singular
- boleei first-person preterite singular
- boleado participle past
- boleares infinitive second-person singular
- bolearmos first-person infinitive plural
- boleardes infinitive plural second-person
- bolearem infinitive plural third-person
- boleando gerund
- boleados masculine participle past
- boleada feminine participle past
- boleadas feminine participle past
- boleias indicative present second-person
- boleia indicative present singular
- boleamos first-person indicative plural
- boleais indicative plural present
- boleiam indicative plural present
- boleava first-person imperfect indicative
- boleavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolear?
- Brazil /bo.leˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bo.leˈa(h)]
- /bo.leˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.