macanear

Spanish

Etymology

From macana +‎ -ear.

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

Verb

macanear (first-person singular present macaneo, first-person singular preterite macaneé, past participle macaneado)

  1. (Latin America) to lie; to fib
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los ladrones", in El juguete rabioso
      —No hay que hacerle; dejarse de macanear, si no, vamos a caer.
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of macanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive macanear
gerund macaneando
past participle masculine feminine
singular macaneado macaneada
plural macaneados macaneadas
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 macaneo macaneastú
macaneásvos		 macanea macaneamos macaneáis macanean
imperfect macaneaba macaneabas macaneaba macaneábamos macaneabais macaneaban
preterite macaneé macaneaste macaneó macaneamos macaneasteis macanearon
future macanearé macanearás macaneará macanearemos macanearéis macanearán
conditional macanearía macanearías macanearía macanearíamos macanearíais macanearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present macanee macaneestú
macaneésvos2		 macanee macaneemos macaneéis macaneen
imperfect
(ra)		 macaneara macanearas macaneara macaneáramos macanearais macanearan
imperfect
(se)		 macanease macaneases macanease macaneásemos macaneaseis macaneasen
future1 macaneare macaneares macaneare macaneáremos macaneareis macanearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative macaneatú
macaneávos		 macanee macaneemos macanead macaneen
negative no macanees no macanee no macaneemos no macaneéis no macaneen

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

    Selected combined forms of macanear

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 macanear
dative macanearme macanearte macanearle, macanearse macanearnos macanearos macanearles, macanearse
accusative macanearme macanearte macanearlo, macanearla, macanearse macanearnos macanearos macanearlos, macanearlas, macanearse
with gerund macaneando
dative macaneándome macaneándote macaneándole, macaneándose macaneándonos macaneándoos macaneándoles, macaneándose
accusative macaneándome macaneándote macaneándolo, macaneándola, macaneándose macaneándonos macaneándoos macaneándolos, macaneándolas, macaneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative macanea
dative macanéame macanéate macanéale macanéanos not used macanéales
accusative macanéame macanéate macanéalo, macanéala macanéanos not used macanéalos, macanéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative macaneá
dative macaneame macaneate macaneale macaneanos not used macaneales
accusative macaneame macaneate macanealo, macaneala macaneanos not used macanealos, macanealas
with formal second-person singular imperative macanee
dative macanéeme not used macanéele, macanéese macanéenos not used macanéeles
accusative macanéeme not used macanéelo, macanéela, macanéese macanéenos not used macanéelos, macanéelas
with first-person plural imperative macaneemos
dative not used macaneémoste macaneémosle macaneémonos macaneémoos macaneémosles
accusative not used macaneémoste macaneémoslo, macaneémosla macaneémonos macaneémoos macaneémoslos, macaneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative macanead
dative macaneadme not used macaneadle macaneadnos macaneaos macaneadles
accusative macaneadme not used macaneadlo, macaneadla macaneadnos macaneaos macaneadlos, macaneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative macaneen
dative macanéenme not used macanéenle macanéennos not used macanéenles, macanéense
accusative macanéenme not used macanéenlo, macanéenla macanéennos not used macanéenlos, macanéenlas, macanéense

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