chicanear

Spanish

Etymology

From chicana +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃikaneˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃi.ka.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chi‧ca‧ne‧ar

Verb

chicanear (first-person singular present chicaneo, first-person singular preterite chicaneé, past participle chicaneado)

1. to hoodwink; deceive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chicanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chicanear
gerund			chicaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chicaneado		chicaneada
		plural		chicaneados		chicaneadas
		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	chicaneo	chicaneastú chicaneásvos	chicanea	chicaneamos	chicaneáis	chicanean
	imperfect	chicaneaba	chicaneabas	chicaneaba	chicaneábamos	chicaneabais	chicaneaban
	preterite	chicaneé	chicaneaste	chicaneó	chicaneamos	chicaneasteis	chicanearon
	future	chicanearé	chicanearás	chicaneará	chicanearemos	chicanearéis	chicanearán
	conditional	chicanearía	chicanearías	chicanearía	chicanearíamos	chicanearíais	chicanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chicanee	chicaneestú chicaneésvos2	chicanee	chicaneemos	chicaneéis	chicaneen
	imperfect (ra)	chicaneara	chicanearas	chicaneara	chicaneáramos	chicanearais	chicanearan
	imperfect (se)	chicanease	chicaneases	chicanease	chicaneásemos	chicaneaseis	chicaneasen
	future1	chicaneare	chicaneares	chicaneare	chicaneáremos	chicaneareis	chicanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chicaneatú chicaneávos	chicanee	chicaneemos	chicanead	chicaneen
	negative		no chicanees	no chicanee	no chicaneemos	no chicaneéis	no chicaneen

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

Further reading

• “chicanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28