perrear

Spanish

Etymology

From perro (dog) + -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pereˈaɾ/ [pe.reˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧rre‧ar

Verb

perrear (first-person singular present perreo, first-person singular preterite perreé, past participle perreado)

  1. (Argentina, colloquial, transitive) to deceive
    Synonym: engañar
  2. (slang, intransitive) to dance to reggaeton; to twerk or grind
    • 2019 July 7, Nando Cruz, “Perreando contra Blackstone”, in El Periódico:
      Se puede perrear por mil razones, pero nunca se había perreado contra un fondo buitre.
      One can twerk for a thousand reasons, but never has anyone twerked against a vulture fund.
    • 2023 January 18, Irene Guevara, Rodrigo Marinas, “La discoteca de Barcelona del vídeo viral con menores perreando no tiene licencia”, in El País:
      Naturalizamos programas donde ves hipersexualización pero a la vez les decimos que no pueden perrear en la discoteca.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.