cornear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [koɦ.neˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [koɦ.neˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.neˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [koʁ.neˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻ.neˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈnjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈnjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈnja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cor‧ne‧ar

Verb

cornear (first-person singular present corneio, first-person singular preterite corneei, past participle corneado)

1. (transitive) to gore (pierce with the horns)

   Synonym: chifrar

2. (transitive, informal) to cuckold; to cheat (engage in an extramarital affair)

   Synonyms: chifrar, pôr chifres em, trair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cornear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cornear
Personal	cornear	corneares	cornear	cornearmos	corneardes	cornearem
Gerund
	corneando
Past participle
Masculine	corneado			corneados
Feminine	corneada			corneadas
Indicative
Present	corneio	corneias	corneia	corneamos	corneais	corneiam
Imperfect	corneava	corneavas	corneava	corneávamos	corneáveis	corneavam
Preterite	corneei	corneaste	corneou	corneamos1, corneámos2	corneastes	cornearam
Pluperfect	corneara	cornearas	corneara	corneáramos	corneáreis	cornearam
Future	cornearei	cornearás	corneará	cornearemos	corneareis	cornearão
Conditional	cornearia	cornearias	cornearia	cornearíamos	cornearíeis	corneariam
Subjunctive
Present	corneie	corneies	corneie	corneemos	corneeis	corneiem
Imperfect	corneasse	corneasses	corneasse	corneássemos	corneásseis	corneassem
Future	cornear	corneares	cornear	cornearmos	corneardes	cornearem
Imperative
Affirmative		corneia	corneie	corneemos	corneai	corneiem
Negative (não)		não corneies	não corneie	não corneemos	não corneeis	não corneiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “cornear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cornear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *kornū

Latin cornū

Old Spanish cuerno

Spanish cuerno

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 cornear

From cuerno + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾneˈaɾ/ [koɾ.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cor‧ne‧ar

Verb

cornear (first-person singular present corneo, first-person singular preterite corneé, past participle corneado)

1. to gore (pierce with the horns)

   Synonym: coger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cornear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cornear
gerund			corneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corneado		corneada
		plural		corneados		corneadas
		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	corneo	corneastú corneásvos	cornea	corneamos	corneáis	cornean
	imperfect	corneaba	corneabas	corneaba	corneábamos	corneabais	corneaban
	preterite	corneé	corneaste	corneó	corneamos	corneasteis	cornearon
	future	cornearé	cornearás	corneará	cornearemos	cornearéis	cornearán
	conditional	cornearía	cornearías	cornearía	cornearíamos	cornearíais	cornearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cornee	corneestú corneésvos2	cornee	corneemos	corneéis	corneen
	imperfect (ra)	corneara	cornearas	corneara	corneáramos	cornearais	cornearan
	imperfect (se)	cornease	corneases	cornease	corneásemos	corneaseis	corneasen
	future1	corneare	corneares	corneare	corneáremos	corneareis	cornearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		corneatú corneávos	cornee	corneemos	cornead	corneen
	negative		no cornees	no cornee	no corneemos	no corneéis	no corneen

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

    Selected combined forms of cornear

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 cornear	dative	cornearme	cornearte	cornearle, cornearse	cornearnos	cornearos	cornearles, cornearse
	accusative	cornearme	cornearte	cornearlo, cornearla, cornearse	cornearnos	cornearos	cornearlos, cornearlas, cornearse
with gerund corneando	dative	corneándome	corneándote	corneándole, corneándose	corneándonos	corneándoos	corneándoles, corneándose
	accusative	corneándome	corneándote	corneándolo, corneándola, corneándose	corneándonos	corneándoos	corneándolos, corneándolas, corneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cornea	dative	cornéame	cornéate	cornéale	cornéanos	not used	cornéales
	accusative	cornéame	cornéate	cornéalo, cornéala	cornéanos	not used	cornéalos, cornéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative corneá	dative	corneame	corneate	corneale	corneanos	not used	corneales
	accusative	corneame	corneate	cornealo, corneala	corneanos	not used	cornealos, cornealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cornee	dative	cornéeme	not used	cornéele, cornéese	cornéenos	not used	cornéeles
	accusative	cornéeme	not used	cornéelo, cornéela, cornéese	cornéenos	not used	cornéelos, cornéelas
with first-person plural imperative corneemos	dative	not used	corneémoste	corneémosle	corneémonos	corneémoos	corneémosles
	accusative	not used	corneémoste	corneémoslo, corneémosla	corneémonos	corneémoos	corneémoslos, corneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cornead	dative	corneadme	not used	corneadle	corneadnos	corneaos	corneadles
	accusative	corneadme	not used	corneadlo, corneadla	corneadnos	corneaos	corneadlos, corneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative corneen	dative	cornéenme	not used	cornéenle	cornéennos	not used	cornéenles, cornéense
	accusative	cornéenme	not used	cornéenlo, cornéenla	cornéennos	not used	cornéenlos, cornéenlas, cornéense

Further reading

• “cornear”, 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