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 conjugate the verb fanfarronear in the Imperfecto 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 verb conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation see the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

We also have a Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Imperfecto. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you will see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of exceptions and special cases.

How to translate Imperfecto to English

Notice that the phrases in English 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.

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Step by step instructions

Imperfecto belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each inflected verb form consists of two words.The verb fanfarronear has regular conjugation in the Imperfecto tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb follows the general rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any exceptions or spelling corrections. This tense is really easy, as there are only three irregular verbs! The basis for this conjugation is the stem of the verb, so we need to begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s very easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form 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 person as the basis for conjugations, the common prefix or root that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. Check out the image showing all the endings. Note both the shapes and colors of the letters. It will 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 -aba for the first person singular to create fanfarroneaba:

• yo fanfarroneaba – I boasted

And add the regular ending -abas for the second person singular to create fanfarroneabas:

• tú fanfarroneabas – you boasted

And similarly add the regular ending -aba for the third person singular to create fanfarroneaba:

• él fanfarroneaba – he boasted
• ella fanfarroneaba – she boasted
• usted fanfarroneaba – (formal) you boasted

As before add the regular ending -ábamos for the first person plural to create fanfarroneábamos. Note difference in spelling

Only the first person plural has an accent here.

This difference exists only in case of the verbs from the -ar group. Other groups always have an accented i in the ending in this tense.So add the accent to get fanfarroneábamos:

• nosotros fanfarroneábamos – we boasted
• nosotras fanfarroneábamos – (feminine) we boasted

Again add the regular ending -abais for the second person plural to create fanfarroneabais:

• vosotros fanfarroneabais – (plural) you boasted
• vosotras fanfarroneabais – (feminine, plural) you boasted

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -aban for the third person plural to create fanfarroneaban:

• ellos fanfarroneaban – they boasted
• ellas fanfarroneaban – (feminine) they boasted
• ustedes fanfarroneaban – (formal, plural) you boasted

Hurray! The conjugation is now finished. That’s the final result:

yo	fanfarroneaba	I boasted
tú	fanfarroneabas	you boasted
él/ella/usted	fanfarroneaba	he/she/it boasted
nosotros/nosotras	fanfarroneábamos	we boasted
vosotros/vosotras	fanfarroneabais	you boasted
ellos/ellas/ustedes	fanfarroneaban	they boasted

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But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresentePretéritoCondicionalFuturoPretérito 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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