chinchinear

Spanish

Etymology

From chinchín (“a rattle (baby's toy)”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃint͡ʃineˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃi.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧ne‧ar

Verb

chinchinear (first-person singular present chinchineo, first-person singular preterite chinchineé, past participle chinchineado) (colloquial)

1. (transitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) to entertain (a child) by shaking a rattle (a baby's toy)
2. (intransitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala) to shake a rattle (a baby's toy)
3. (transitive, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to pamper, coddle (someone)

   Synonyms: mimar, (dialectal) cundundear

   Su padre lo chinchineaba tanto de pequeño que ahora no sabe hacer nada por su cuenta.

   His father pampered him so much when he was little that he cannot do anything on his own.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chinchinear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chinchinear
gerund			chinchineando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chinchineado		chinchineada
		plural		chinchineados		chinchineadas
		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	chinchineo	chinchineastú chinchineásvos	chinchinea	chinchineamos	chinchineáis	chinchinean
	imperfect	chinchineaba	chinchineabas	chinchineaba	chinchineábamos	chinchineabais	chinchineaban
	preterite	chinchineé	chinchineaste	chinchineó	chinchineamos	chinchineasteis	chinchinearon
	future	chinchinearé	chinchinearás	chinchineará	chinchinearemos	chinchinearéis	chinchinearán
	conditional	chinchinearía	chinchinearías	chinchinearía	chinchinearíamos	chinchinearíais	chinchinearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chinchinee	chinchineestú chinchineésvos2	chinchinee	chinchineemos	chinchineéis	chinchineen
	imperfect (ra)	chinchineara	chinchinearas	chinchineara	chinchineáramos	chinchinearais	chinchinearan
	imperfect (se)	chinchinease	chinchineases	chinchinease	chinchineásemos	chinchineaseis	chinchineasen
	future1	chinchineare	chinchineares	chinchineare	chinchineáremos	chinchineareis	chinchinearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chinchineatú chinchineávos	chinchinee	chinchineemos	chinchinead	chinchineen
	negative		no chinchinees	no chinchinee	no chinchineemos	no chinchineéis	no chinchineen

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

    Selected combined forms of chinchinear

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 chinchinear	dative	chinchinearme	chinchinearte	chinchinearle, chinchinearse	chinchinearnos	chinchinearos	chinchinearles, chinchinearse
	accusative	chinchinearme	chinchinearte	chinchinearlo, chinchinearla, chinchinearse	chinchinearnos	chinchinearos	chinchinearlos, chinchinearlas, chinchinearse
with gerund chinchineando	dative	chinchineándome	chinchineándote	chinchineándole, chinchineándose	chinchineándonos	chinchineándoos	chinchineándoles, chinchineándose
	accusative	chinchineándome	chinchineándote	chinchineándolo, chinchineándola, chinchineándose	chinchineándonos	chinchineándoos	chinchineándolos, chinchineándolas, chinchineándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chinchinea	dative	chinchinéame	chinchinéate	chinchinéale	chinchinéanos	not used	chinchinéales
	accusative	chinchinéame	chinchinéate	chinchinéalo, chinchinéala	chinchinéanos	not used	chinchinéalos, chinchinéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chinchineá	dative	chinchineame	chinchineate	chinchineale	chinchineanos	not used	chinchineales
	accusative	chinchineame	chinchineate	chinchinealo, chinchineala	chinchineanos	not used	chinchinealos, chinchinealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chinchinee	dative	chinchinéeme	not used	chinchinéele, chinchinéese	chinchinéenos	not used	chinchinéeles
	accusative	chinchinéeme	not used	chinchinéelo, chinchinéela, chinchinéese	chinchinéenos	not used	chinchinéelos, chinchinéelas
with first-person plural imperative chinchineemos	dative	not used	chinchineémoste	chinchineémosle	chinchineémonos	chinchineémoos	chinchineémosles
	accusative	not used	chinchineémoste	chinchineémoslo, chinchineémosla	chinchineémonos	chinchineémoos	chinchineémoslos, chinchineémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chinchinead	dative	chinchineadme	not used	chinchineadle	chinchineadnos	chinchineaos	chinchineadles
	accusative	chinchineadme	not used	chinchineadlo, chinchineadla	chinchineadnos	chinchineaos	chinchineadlos, chinchineadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chinchineen	dative	chinchinéenme	not used	chinchinéenle	chinchinéennos	not used	chinchinéenles, chinchinéense
	accusative	chinchinéenme	not used	chinchinéenlo, chinchinéenla	chinchinéennos	not used	chinchinéenlos, chinchinéenlas, chinchinéense

Further reading

• “chinchinear”, 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
• “chinchinear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010