cacarear

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cucurire, which is imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kakaɾeˈaɾ/ [ka.ka.ɾeˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧ca‧re‧ar

Verb

cacarear (first-person singular present cacareo, first-person singular preterite cacareé, past participle cacareado)

  1. (transitive) to boast about, to exaggerate the importance of
    • a. 1910, Julio Herrera y Reissig, La granja:
      No faltan más que el agua bendita y el hisopo,
      para mugir las cándidas consejas del pesebre
      y cacarear en ronda las fábulas de Esopo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to cackle; to laugh loudly
  3. (intransitive) to cackle (bird)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • cacareador
  • cacareo
  • como el gallo de Morón, sin pluma y cacareando

See also

Further reading

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