castañeteo

See also: castañeteó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kastaɲeˈteo/ [kas.t̪a.ɲeˈt̪e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ñe‧te‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal of castañetear.

Noun

castañeteo m (plural castañeteos)

1. rattle, clack, rattling, clacking

   Synonym: castañeo

   • 2011, Julia Álvarez, En el nombre de Salomé:

     El castañeteo de las uñas del perro sobre el piso de madera la enerva.

     The scratching of the dog's claws on the wooden floor gets to him.

2. chatter, chattering (of teeth)
3. playing of the castañas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

castañeteo

1. first-person singular present indicative of castañetear

Further reading

• “castañeteo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10