husmear

Spanish

Etymology

From husmo, from husmar, from Ancient Greek ὀσμᾶσθαι (osmâsthai, “to sniff”), from ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”). Compare Venetian usma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /usmeˈaɾ/ [uz.meˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hus‧me‧ar

Verb

husmear (first-person singular present husmeo, first-person singular preterite husmeé, past participle husmeado)

1. to track by smell
2. to snoop, sniff around

   Synonyms: espiar, fisgonear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of husmear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			husmear
gerund			husmeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		husmeado		husmeada
		plural		husmeados		husmeadas
		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	husmeo	husmeastú husmeásvos	husmea	husmeamos	husmeáis	husmean
	imperfect	husmeaba	husmeabas	husmeaba	husmeábamos	husmeabais	husmeaban
	preterite	husmeé	husmeaste	husmeó	husmeamos	husmeasteis	husmearon
	future	husmearé	husmearás	husmeará	husmearemos	husmearéis	husmearán
	conditional	husmearía	husmearías	husmearía	husmearíamos	husmearíais	husmearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	husmee	husmeestú husmeésvos2	husmee	husmeemos	husmeéis	husmeen
	imperfect (ra)	husmeara	husmearas	husmeara	husmeáramos	husmearais	husmearan
	imperfect (se)	husmease	husmeases	husmease	husmeásemos	husmeaseis	husmeasen
	future1	husmeare	husmeares	husmeare	husmeáremos	husmeareis	husmearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		husmeatú husmeávos	husmee	husmeemos	husmead	husmeen
	negative		no husmees	no husmee	no husmeemos	no husmeéis	no husmeen

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

    Selected combined forms of husmear

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 husmear
	dative	husmearme	husmearte	husmearle, husmearse	husmearnos	husmearos	husmearles, husmearse
	accusative	husmearme	husmearte	husmearlo, husmearla, husmearse	husmearnos	husmearos	husmearlos, husmearlas, husmearse
with gerund husmeando
	dative	husmeándome	husmeándote	husmeándole, husmeándose	husmeándonos	husmeándoos	husmeándoles, husmeándose
	accusative	husmeándome	husmeándote	husmeándolo, husmeándola, husmeándose	husmeándonos	husmeándoos	husmeándolos, husmeándolas, husmeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative husmea
	dative	husméame	husméate	husméale	husméanos	not used	husméales
	accusative	husméame	husméate	husméalo, husméala	husméanos	not used	husméalos, husméalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative husmeá
	dative	husmeame	husmeate	husmeale	husmeanos	not used	husmeales
	accusative	husmeame	husmeate	husmealo, husmeala	husmeanos	not used	husmealos, husmealas
with formal second-person singular imperative husmee
	dative	husméeme	not used	husméele, husméese	husméenos	not used	husméeles
	accusative	husméeme	not used	husméelo, husméela, husméese	husméenos	not used	husméelos, husméelas
with first-person plural imperative husmeemos
	dative	not used	husmeémoste	husmeémosle	husmeémonos	husmeémoos	husmeémosles
	accusative	not used	husmeémoste	husmeémoslo, husmeémosla	husmeémonos	husmeémoos	husmeémoslos, husmeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative husmead
	dative	husmeadme	not used	husmeadle	husmeadnos	husmeaos	husmeadles
	accusative	husmeadme	not used	husmeadlo, husmeadla	husmeadnos	husmeaos	husmeadlos, husmeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative husmeen
	dative	husméenme	not used	husméenle	husméennos	not used	husméenles, husméense
	accusative	husméenme	not used	husméenlo, husméenla	husméennos	not used	husméenlos, husméenlas, husméense

Related terms

• husma

 

Further reading

• “husmear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014