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

Further reading

• “cancanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28