chamuyar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chamullar

Etymology

Derived from Caló chamullar (“to talk”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʃaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʒaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamuˈjaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈjaɾ] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧mu‧yar

Verb

chamuyar (first-person singular present chamuyo, first-person singular preterite chamuyé, past participle chamuyado)

1. (Rioplatense, Peru, Bolivia, colloquial) to chat up, sweet-talk
2. (Rioplatense, Bolivia, colloquial) to whisper among oneselves
3. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to fabricate a factual-sounding claim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chamuyar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chamuyar
gerund			chamuyando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chamuyado		chamuyada
		plural		chamuyados		chamuyadas
		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	chamuyo	chamuyastú chamuyásvos	chamuya	chamuyamos	chamuyáis	chamuyan
	imperfect	chamuyaba	chamuyabas	chamuyaba	chamuyábamos	chamuyabais	chamuyaban
	preterite	chamuyé	chamuyaste	chamuyó	chamuyamos	chamuyasteis	chamuyaron
	future	chamuyaré	chamuyarás	chamuyará	chamuyaremos	chamuyaréis	chamuyarán
	conditional	chamuyaría	chamuyarías	chamuyaría	chamuyaríamos	chamuyaríais	chamuyarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chamuye	chamuyestú chamuyésvos2	chamuye	chamuyemos	chamuyéis	chamuyen
	imperfect (ra)	chamuyara	chamuyaras	chamuyara	chamuyáramos	chamuyarais	chamuyaran
	imperfect (se)	chamuyase	chamuyases	chamuyase	chamuyásemos	chamuyaseis	chamuyasen
	future1	chamuyare	chamuyares	chamuyare	chamuyáremos	chamuyareis	chamuyaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chamuyatú chamuyávos	chamuye	chamuyemos	chamuyad	chamuyen
	negative		no chamuyes	no chamuye	no chamuyemos	no chamuyéis	no chamuyen

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

Further reading

• “chamuyar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “chamuyar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010