fanfarronear means: to boast, to brag, to roister, to show off, to swank
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to inflect the verb fanfarronear in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the fanfarronear conjugation. For a general overview of Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see this Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you may see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Presente to English

Notice that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

The Spanish Presente de Indicativo tense translates to one of the following:

• The English Present tense, for example:
  yo fanfarroneo

  I boast
• The English Present Progressive (or Present Continuous) tense, for instance:
  ahora mismo yo fanfarroneo

  I am boasting right now
  
  Note that the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (also called Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb fanfarronear has regular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb simply follows the basic rules for its group (-ar) without any exceptions. The basis for the conjugation in this tense is the stem of the verb, so we start by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s very easy to do. Simply remove two letters from the end of the infinitive and you have the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So for fanfarronear:

• the stem is: fanfarrone-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem fanfarrone- in each subject as the basis for the conjugations, the common prefix that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note the colors and shapes of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -o for the first person singular to create fanfarroneo:

• yo fanfarroneo – I boast

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -as for the second person singular to create fanfarroneas:

• tú fanfarroneas – you boast

And one more time add the regular ending -a for the third person singular to create fanfarronea:

• él fanfarronea – he boasts
• ella fanfarronea – she boasts
• usted fanfarronea – (formal) you boast

Similarly add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create fanfarroneamos:

• nosotros fanfarroneamos – we boast
• nosotras fanfarroneamos – (feminine) we boast

As before add the regular ending -áis for the second person plural to create fanfarroneáis:

• vosotros fanfarroneáis – (plural) you boast
• vosotras fanfarroneáis – (feminine, plural) you boast

As before add the regular ending -an for the third person plural to create fanfarronean:

• ellos fanfarronean – they boast
• ellas fanfarronean – (feminine) they boast
• ustedes fanfarronean – (formal, plural) you boast

Hurray! The conjugation is now complete. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	fanfarroneo	I boast
tú	fanfarroneas	you boast
él/ella/usted	fanfarronea	he/she/it boasts
nosotros/nosotras	fanfarroneamos	we boast
vosotros/vosotras	fanfarroneáis	you boast
ellos/ellas/ustedes	fanfarronean	they boast

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Example sentences

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PretéritoImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to fanfarronear visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for fanfarronear visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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