cancanear

Spanish

Etymology

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)

to dance the cancan
to loaf; to loaf about
to sputter (said of an engine)
(Central America) to stammer

Conjugation

Conjugation of cancanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cancanear
gerund			cancaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cancaneado		cancaneada
		plural		cancaneados		cancaneadas
		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	cancaneas^{^tú} cancaneás^{^vos}	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	cancanees^{^tú} cancaneés^{^vos²}	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		cancanea^{^tú} cancaneá^{^vos}	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
with infinitive cancanear	accusative	cancanearme	cancanearte	cancanearlo, cancanearla, cancanearse	cancanearnos	cancanearos	cancanearlos, cancanearlas, cancanearse

with gerund cancaneando	dative	cancaneándome	cancaneándote	cancaneándole, cancaneándose	cancaneándonos	cancaneándoos	cancaneándoles, cancaneándose
with gerund cancaneando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cancanea	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
with formal second-person singular imperative cancanee	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
with first-person plural imperative cancaneemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative cancanead	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
with formal second-person plural imperative cancaneen	accusative	cancanéenme	not used	cancanéenlo, cancanéenla	cancanéennos	not used	cancanéenlos, cancanéenlas, cancanéense

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