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aletear

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From aleta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aleteˈaɾ/ [a.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧te‧ar

Verb

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aletear (first-person singular present aleteo, first-person singular preterite aleteé, past participle aleteado)

  1. (intransitive) to flap (one's wings, fins) (of a bird or fish)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 43:
      El Chonchón cae y se le siente aletear furiosamente, y no logrará moverse de donde está, por más esfuerzos que haga, hasta que otro Chonchón venga a levantarlo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to flutter
  3. (intransitive) to wave one's arms like wings

Conjugation

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