trolear

Spanish

Etymology

From trol +‎ -ear, from English troll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾoleˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾo.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tro‧le‧ar

Verb

trolear (first-person singular present troleo, first-person singular preterite troleé, past participle troleado)

1. (Internet slang) to troll

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trolear
gerund			troleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		troleado		troleada
		plural		troleados		troleadas
		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	troleo	troleastú troleásvos	trolea	troleamos	troleáis	trolean
	imperfect	troleaba	troleabas	troleaba	troleábamos	troleabais	troleaban
	preterite	troleé	troleaste	troleó	troleamos	troleasteis	trolearon
	future	trolearé	trolearás	troleará	trolearemos	trolearéis	trolearán
	conditional	trolearía	trolearías	trolearía	trolearíamos	trolearíais	trolearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trolee	troleestú troleésvos2	trolee	troleemos	troleéis	troleen
	imperfect (ra)	troleara	trolearas	troleara	troleáramos	trolearais	trolearan
	imperfect (se)	trolease	troleases	trolease	troleásemos	troleaseis	troleasen
	future1	troleare	troleares	troleare	troleáremos	troleareis	trolearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		troleatú troleávos	trolee	troleemos	trolead	troleen
	negative		no trolees	no trolee	no troleemos	no troleéis	no troleen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• troleo

Further reading

• “trolear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10