codear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *kubāō

Latin cubō

Latin cubitusnom.

Latin cubitum

Old Spanish cobdo

Spanish codo

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish codear

From codo + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kodeˈaɾ/ [ko.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧de‧ar

Verb

codear (first-person singular present codeo, first-person singular preterite codeé, past participle codeado)

1. to elbow
2. (reflexive) to rub shoulders with (+ con)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of codear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			codear
gerund			codeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		codeado		codeada
		plural		codeados		codeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	codeo	codeastú codeásvos	codea	codeamos	codeáis	codean
	imperfect	codeaba	codeabas	codeaba	codeábamos	codeabais	codeaban
	preterite	codeé	codeaste	codeó	codeamos	codeasteis	codearon
	future	codearé	codearás	codeará	codearemos	codearéis	codearán
	conditional	codearía	codearías	codearía	codearíamos	codearíais	codearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	codee	codeestú codeésvos2	codee	codeemos	codeéis	codeen
	imperfect (ra)	codeara	codearas	codeara	codeáramos	codearais	codearan
	imperfect (se)	codease	codeases	codease	codeásemos	codeaseis	codeasen
	future1	codeare	codeares	codeare	codeáremos	codeareis	codearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		codeatú codeávos	codee	codeemos	codead	codeen
	negative		no codees	no codee	no codeemos	no codeéis	no codeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of codear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive codear	dative	codearme	codearte	codearle, codearse	codearnos	codearos	codearles, codearse
	accusative	codearme	codearte	codearlo, codearla, codearse	codearnos	codearos	codearlos, codearlas, codearse
with gerund codeando	dative	codeándome	codeándote	codeándole, codeándose	codeándonos	codeándoos	codeándoles, codeándose
	accusative	codeándome	codeándote	codeándolo, codeándola, codeándose	codeándonos	codeándoos	codeándolos, codeándolas, codeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative codea	dative	codéame	codéate	codéale	codéanos	not used	codéales
	accusative	codéame	codéate	codéalo, codéala	codéanos	not used	codéalos, codéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative codeá	dative	codeame	codeate	codeale	codeanos	not used	codeales
	accusative	codeame	codeate	codealo, codeala	codeanos	not used	codealos, codealas
with formal second-person singular imperative codee	dative	codéeme	not used	codéele, codéese	codéenos	not used	codéeles
	accusative	codéeme	not used	codéelo, codéela, codéese	codéenos	not used	codéelos, codéelas
with first-person plural imperative codeemos	dative	not used	codeémoste	codeémosle	codeémonos	codeémoos	codeémosles
	accusative	not used	codeémoste	codeémoslo, codeémosla	codeémonos	codeémoos	codeémoslos, codeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative codead	dative	codeadme	not used	codeadle	codeadnos	codeaos	codeadles
	accusative	codeadme	not used	codeadlo, codeadla	codeadnos	codeaos	codeadlos, codeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative codeen	dative	codéenme	not used	codéenle	codéennos	not used	codéenles, codéense
	accusative	codéenme	not used	codéenlo, codéenla	codéennos	not used	codéenlos, codéenlas, codéense

Further reading

• “codear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026