cancanear

Spanish

Etymology

From cancán +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kankaneˈaɾ/ [kãŋ.ka.neˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: can‧ca‧ne‧ar

Verb

cancanear (first-person singular present cancaneo, first-person singular preterite cancaneé, past participle cancaneado)

  1. to dance the cancan
  2. to loaf; to loaf about
  3. to sputter (said of an engine)
  4. (Central America) to stammer

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cancanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cancanear
gerund cancaneando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cancaneado cancaneada
plural cancaneados cancaneadas
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 cancaneo cancaneastú
cancaneásvos		 cancanea cancaneamos cancaneáis cancanean
imperfect cancaneaba cancaneabas cancaneaba cancaneábamos cancaneabais cancaneaban
preterite cancaneé cancaneaste cancaneó cancaneamos cancaneasteis cancanearon
future cancanearé cancanearás cancaneará cancanearemos cancanearéis cancanearán
conditional cancanearía cancanearías cancanearía cancanearíamos cancanearíais cancanearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cancanee cancaneestú
cancaneésvos2		 cancanee cancaneemos cancaneéis cancaneen
imperfect
(ra)		 cancaneara cancanearas cancaneara cancaneáramos cancanearais cancanearan
imperfect
(se)		 cancanease cancaneases cancanease cancaneásemos cancaneaseis cancaneasen
future1 cancaneare cancaneares cancaneare cancaneáremos cancaneareis cancanearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative cancaneatú
cancaneávos		 cancanee cancaneemos cancanead cancaneen
negative no cancanees no cancanee no cancaneemos no cancaneéis no cancaneen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cancanear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive cancanear
dative cancanearme cancanearte cancanearle, cancanearse cancanearnos cancanearos cancanearles, cancanearse
accusative cancanearme cancanearte cancanearlo, cancanearla, cancanearse cancanearnos cancanearos cancanearlos, cancanearlas, cancanearse
with gerund cancaneando
dative cancaneándome cancaneándote cancaneándole, cancaneándose cancaneándonos cancaneándoos cancaneándoles, cancaneándose
accusative cancaneándome cancaneándote cancaneándolo, cancaneándola, cancaneándose cancaneándonos cancaneándoos cancaneándolos, cancaneándolas, cancaneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cancanea
dative cancanéame cancanéate cancanéale cancanéanos not used cancanéales
accusative cancanéame cancanéate cancanéalo, cancanéala cancanéanos not used cancanéalos, cancanéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cancaneá
dative cancaneame cancaneate cancaneale cancaneanos not used cancaneales
accusative cancaneame cancaneate cancanealo, cancaneala cancaneanos not used cancanealos, cancanealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cancanee
dative cancanéeme not used cancanéele, cancanéese cancanéenos not used cancanéeles
accusative cancanéeme not used cancanéelo, cancanéela, cancanéese cancanéenos not used cancanéelos, cancanéelas
with first-person plural imperative cancaneemos
dative not used cancaneémoste cancaneémosle cancaneémonos cancaneémoos cancaneémosles
accusative not used cancaneémoste cancaneémoslo, cancaneémosla cancaneémonos cancaneémoos cancaneémoslos, cancaneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cancanead
dative cancaneadme not used cancaneadle cancaneadnos cancaneaos cancaneadles
accusative cancaneadme not used cancaneadlo, cancaneadla cancaneadnos cancaneaos cancaneadlos, cancaneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cancaneen
dative cancanéenme not used cancanéenle cancanéennos not used cancanéenles, cancanéense
accusative cancanéenme not used cancanéenlo, cancanéenla cancanéennos not used cancanéenlos, cancanéenlas, cancanéense

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