What does 'malear' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'malear' means to spoil. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is malear an irregular verb in Spanish?

Malear is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.

How do you conjugate malear in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of malear: yo maleo, tú maleas, él/ella/usted malea, nosotros maleamos, vosotros maleáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes malean.

How do you conjugate malear in the preterite?

Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of malear: yo maleé, tú maleaste, él/ella/usted maleó, nosotros maleamos, vosotros maleasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes malearon. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.

What is the imperfect tense of malear?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of malear: yo maleaba, tú maleabas, él/ella/usted maleaba, nosotros maleábamos, vosotros maleabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes maleaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the past participle of malear?

The past participle of malear is 'maleado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he maleado' (I have spoiled), 'has maleado', 'ha maleado'.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of malear?

The gerundio of malear is 'maleando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy maleando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Spanish verb conjugation

Malear conjugation

malear is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning spoil. In the present tense: yo maleo, tú maleas, él/ella malea, nosotros maleamos, vosotros maleáis, ellos malean. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

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At a glance

Infinitive: malear
Gerundio: maleando
Meaning: spoil
Pattern: Regular
Difficulty: Level 2

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Conjugation tables

Malear across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	malear	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	maleando	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar maleando.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	maleo	Yo maleo a mi perro dándole jamón.I spoil my dog by giving him ham.
tú	maleas	Normalmente, tú maleas a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.You usually spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	malea	Hoy, la abuela consentidora malea a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.Today, the indulgent grandmother spoils the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	maleamos	A veces, nosotros maleamos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.At times, we spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	maleáis	Ahora, vosotros maleáis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Right now, you all spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	malean	Casi siempre, los tíos del niño malean al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.Most of the time, the boy's uncles spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	he maleado	Este año, yo he maleado a mi perro dándole jamón.This year, I have spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	has maleado	Últimamente, tú has maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Lately, you have spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	ha maleado	En estos meses, la abuela consentidora ha maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.In these months, the indulgent grandmother has spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	hemos maleado	Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.So far, we have spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	habéis maleado	En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.This term, you all have spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	han maleado	En este tiempo, los tíos del niño han maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.During this time, the boy's uncles have spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	maleé	Ayer, yo maleé a mi perro dándole jamón.Yesterday, I spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	maleaste	Hace un rato, tú maleaste a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.A little while ago, you spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	maleó	Esta mañana, la abuela consentidora maleó a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.This morning, the indulgent grandmother spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	maleamos	Anoche, nosotros maleamos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Last night, we spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	maleasteis	El sábado, vosotros maleasteis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.On Saturday, you all spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	malearon	Hace poco, los tíos del niño malearon al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.Not long ago, the boy's uncles spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	maleaba	Antes, yo maleaba a mi perro dándole jamón.Before, I used to spoil my dog by giving him ham.
tú	maleabas	Por entonces, tú maleabas a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Back then, you used to spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	maleaba	En esa época, la abuela consentidora maleaba a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.At that time, the indulgent grandmother used to spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	maleábamos	Cuando eso era normal, nosotros maleábamos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.When that was normal, we used to spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	maleabais	Hace años, vosotros maleabais a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Years ago, you all used to spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	maleaban	En aquellos días, los tíos del niño maleaban al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.In those days, the boy's uncles used to spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	había maleado	Cuando llegaste, yo ya había maleado a mi perro dándole jamón.When you arrived, I had already spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	habías maleado	Para entonces, tú ya habías maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.By then, you had already spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	había maleado	Al volver, la abuela consentidora ya había maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.When we came back, the indulgent grandmother had already spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	habíamos maleado	Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Before talking it through, we had already spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	habíais maleado	Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.When you looked again, you all had already spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	habían maleado	Para ese momento, los tíos del niño ya habían maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.By that moment, the boy's uncles had already spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hube maleado	Apenas yo hube maleado a mi perro dándole jamón, todo cambió.As soon as I had spoiled my dog by giving him ham, everything changed.
tú	hubiste maleado	En cuanto tú hubiste maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos, se notó.The moment you had spoiled your nephew with so many treats, it showed.
él	hubo maleado	No bien la abuela consentidora hubo maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios, hubo ruido.As soon as the indulgent grandmother had spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day, there was trouble.
nosotros	hubimos maleado	Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá, seguimos adelante.Once we had spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa, we moved on.
vosotros	hubisteis maleado	Apenas vosotros hubisteis maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time, you checked the result.
ellos	hubieron maleado	En cuanto los tíos del niño hubieron maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado, el ambiente cambió.The moment the boy's uncles had spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday, the mood changed.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	malearé	Mañana, yo malearé a mi perro dándole jamón.Tomorrow, I will spoil my dog by giving him ham.
tú	malearás	Dentro de poco, tú malearás a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Soon, you will spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	maleará	Esta tarde, la abuela consentidora maleará a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.This afternoon, the indulgent grandmother will spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	malearemos	La semana que viene, nosotros malearemos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Next week, we will spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	malearéis	Pronto, vosotros malearéis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Before long, you all will spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	malearán	Más adelante, los tíos del niño malearán al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.Later on, the boy's uncles will spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habré maleado	Para entonces, yo ya habré maleado a mi perro dándole jamón.By then, I will already have spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	habrás maleado	Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Before closing time, you will already have spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	habrá maleado	Al final del día, la abuela consentidora ya habrá maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.By the end of the day, the indulgent grandmother will already have spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	habremos maleado	Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.By tomorrow, we will already have spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	habréis maleado	Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Before leaving, you all will already have spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	habrán maleado	Para esa hora, los tíos del niño ya habrán maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.By that hour, the boy's uncles will already have spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	malearía	En un caso así, yo malearía a mi perro dándole jamón.In a case like that, I would spoil my dog by giving him ham.
tú	malearías	Con un poco más de tiempo, tú malearías a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.With a little more time, you would spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	malearía	En esa situación, la abuela consentidora malearía a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.In that situation, the indulgent grandmother would spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	malearíamos	Con ese panorama, nosotros malearíamos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.With that outlook, we would spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	malearíais	Llegado el caso, vosotros malearíais a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.If it came to that, you all would spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	malearían	En un día así, los tíos del niño malearían al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.On a day like that, the boy's uncles would spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habría maleado	En otro momento, yo habría maleado a mi perro dándole jamón.At another moment, I would have spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	habrías maleado	Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.With a little more margin, you would have spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	habría maleado	A esas alturas, la abuela consentidora habría maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.By then, the indulgent grandmother would have spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	habríamos maleado	Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.With that turn, we would have spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	habríais maleado	Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.At that point, you all would have spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	habrían maleado	En ese punto, los tíos del niño habrían maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.From there, the boy's uncles would have spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	malee	Es mejor que yo malee a mi perro dándole jamón.It is better that I spoil my dog by giving him ham.
tú	malees	Hace falta que tú malees a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.It is necessary that you spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	malee	Conviene que la abuela consentidora malee a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.It is wise that the indulgent grandmother spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	maleemos	Importa que nosotros maleemos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.It matters that we spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	maleéis	Puede ser útil que vosotros maleéis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.It may help if you all spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	maleen	Es posible que los tíos del niño maleen al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.It is possible that the boy's uncles spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	haya maleado	Ojalá yo haya maleado a mi perro dándole jamón.Hopefully I have spoiled my dog by giving him ham.
tú	hayas maleado	Puede que tú ya hayas maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Maybe you already have spoiled your nephew with so many treats.
él	haya maleado	Tal vez la abuela consentidora haya maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.Perhaps the indulgent grandmother has spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	hayamos maleado	Quizá nosotros ya hayamos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Maybe we already have spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	hayáis maleado	Es probable que vosotros hayáis maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.It is likely that you all have spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	hayan maleado	Puede ser que los tíos del niño ya hayan maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.It may be that the boy's uncles already have spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	maleara	Si yo maleara a mi perro dándole jamón, se notaría enseguida.If I spoiled my dog by giving him ham, it would show right away.
tú	malearas	Si tú malearas a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos, costaría ocultarlo.If you spoiled your nephew with so many treats, it would be hard to hide.
él	maleara	Si la abuela consentidora maleara a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios, daría mucho que hablar.If the indulgent grandmother spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day, it would give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	maleáramos	Si nosotros maleáramos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá, todo iría por otro lado.If we spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa, everything would go another way.
vosotros	malearais	Si vosotros malearais a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time, the mood would change.
ellos	malearan	Si los tíos del niño malearan al pequeño con regalos cada sábado, la escena sería otra.If the boy's uncles spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday, the whole scene would be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiera maleado	Si yo hubiera maleado a mi perro dándole jamón, aún se recordaría.If I had spoiled my dog by giving him ham, it would still be remembered.
tú	hubieras maleado	Si tú hubieras maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos, eso habría dejado marca.If you had spoiled your nephew with so many treats, that would have left a mark.
él	hubiera maleado	Si la abuela consentidora hubiera maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the indulgent grandmother had spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day, people would still be talking about it.
nosotros	hubiéramos maleado	Si nosotros hubiéramos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa, the day would have gone another way.
vosotros	hubierais maleado	Si vosotros hubierais maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time, the change would have shown earlier.
ellos	hubieran maleado	Si los tíos del niño hubieran maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado, nada habría quedado igual.If the boy's uncles had spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday, nothing would have stayed the same.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	maleare	Si yo maleare a mi perro dándole jamón, se notará enseguida.If I spoil my dog by giving him ham, it will show right away.
tú	maleares	Si tú maleares a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos, costará ignorarlo.If you spoil your nephew with so many treats, it will be hard to ignore.
él	maleare	Si la abuela consentidora maleare a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios, dará mucho que hablar.If the indulgent grandmother spoils the little girl at home with gifts every day, it will give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	maleáremos	Si nosotros maleáremos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá, todo irá por otro camino.If we spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa, everything will go another way.
vosotros	maleareis	Si vosotros maleareis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all spoil that cat by feeding it all the time, the mood will change fast.
ellos	malearen	Si los tíos del niño malearen al pequeño con regalos cada sábado, la escena será distinta.If the boy's uncles spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday, the whole scene will be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiere maleado	Cuando yo hubiere maleado a mi perro dándole jamón, ya se notará.When I have spoiled my dog by giving him ham, it will already show.
tú	hubieres maleado	En cuanto tú hubieres maleado a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have spoiled your nephew with so many treats, it will be hard not to see.
él	hubiere maleado	Cuando la abuela consentidora hubiere maleado a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios, se verá de inmediato.When the indulgent grandmother has spoiled the little girl at home with gifts every day, it will show at once.
nosotros	hubiéremos maleado	Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos maleado a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have spoiled the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa, everything will move differently.
vosotros	hubiereis maleado	Cuando vosotros hubiereis maleado a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have spoiled that cat by feeding it all the time, the mood will sound different.
ellos	hubieren maleado	En cuanto los tíos del niño hubieren maleado al pequeño con regalos cada sábado, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the boy's uncles have spoiled the little boy with gifts every Saturday, the change will be clear.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	malea	malea a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	malee	Que la abuela consentidora malee a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.Let the indulgent grandmother spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	maleemos	maleemos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	malead	malead a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	maleen	Que los tíos del niño maleen al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.Let the boy's uncles spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no malees	No no malees a tu sobrino con tantos caprichos.Do not spoil your nephew with so many treats.
él	no malee	Que la abuela consentidora no no malee a la niña de la casa con regalos diarios.Let the indulgent grandmother not spoil the little girl at home with gifts every day.
nosotros	no maleemos	No no maleemos a los cachorros dejándolos subir al sofá.Let us not spoil the puppies by letting them climb onto the sofa.
vosotros	no maleéis	No no maleéis a ese gato dándole comida a cada rato.Do not spoil that cat by feeding it all the time.
ellos	no maleen	Que los tíos del niño no no maleen al pequeño con regalos cada sábado.Let the boy's uncles not spoil the little boy with gifts every Saturday.

Malear conjugation

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Presente

Pretérito Perfecto

Pretérito Indefinido

Pretérito Imperfecto

Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pretérito Anterior

Futuro

Futuro Perfecto

Condicional

Condicional Perfecto

Subjuntivo Presente

Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Subjuntivo Futuro

Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto

Imperativo Afirmativo

Imperativo Negativo

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