macanear

Spanish

Etymology

From macana +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

macanear (first-person singular present macaneo, first-person singular preterite macaneé, past participle macaneado)

1. (Latin America) to lie; to fib
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     —No hay que hacerle; dejarse de macanear, si no, vamos a caer.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			macanear
gerund			macaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		macaneado		macaneada
		plural		macaneados		macaneadas
		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	macaneo	macaneastú macaneásvos	macanea	macaneamos	macaneáis	macanean
	imperfect	macaneaba	macaneabas	macaneaba	macaneábamos	macaneabais	macaneaban
	preterite	macaneé	macaneaste	macaneó	macaneamos	macaneasteis	macanearon
	future	macanearé	macanearás	macaneará	macanearemos	macanearéis	macanearán
	conditional	macanearía	macanearías	macanearía	macanearíamos	macanearíais	macanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	macanee	macaneestú macaneésvos2	macanee	macaneemos	macaneéis	macaneen
	imperfect (ra)	macaneara	macanearas	macaneara	macaneáramos	macanearais	macanearan
	imperfect (se)	macanease	macaneases	macanease	macaneásemos	macaneaseis	macaneasen
	future1	macaneare	macaneares	macaneare	macaneáremos	macaneareis	macanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		macaneatú macaneávos	macanee	macaneemos	macanead	macaneen
	negative		no macanees	no macanee	no macaneemos	no macaneéis	no macaneen

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

    Selected combined forms of macanear

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 macanear
	dative	macanearme	macanearte	macanearle, macanearse	macanearnos	macanearos	macanearles, macanearse
	accusative	macanearme	macanearte	macanearlo, macanearla, macanearse	macanearnos	macanearos	macanearlos, macanearlas, macanearse
with gerund macaneando
	dative	macaneándome	macaneándote	macaneándole, macaneándose	macaneándonos	macaneándoos	macaneándoles, macaneándose
	accusative	macaneándome	macaneándote	macaneándolo, macaneándola, macaneándose	macaneándonos	macaneándoos	macaneándolos, macaneándolas, macaneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative macanea
	dative	macanéame	macanéate	macanéale	macanéanos	not used	macanéales
	accusative	macanéame	macanéate	macanéalo, macanéala	macanéanos	not used	macanéalos, macanéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative macaneá
	dative	macaneame	macaneate	macaneale	macaneanos	not used	macaneales
	accusative	macaneame	macaneate	macanealo, macaneala	macaneanos	not used	macanealos, macanealas
with formal second-person singular imperative macanee
	dative	macanéeme	not used	macanéele, macanéese	macanéenos	not used	macanéeles
	accusative	macanéeme	not used	macanéelo, macanéela, macanéese	macanéenos	not used	macanéelos, macanéelas
with first-person plural imperative macaneemos
	dative	not used	macaneémoste	macaneémosle	macaneémonos	macaneémoos	macaneémosles
	accusative	not used	macaneémoste	macaneémoslo, macaneémosla	macaneémonos	macaneémoos	macaneémoslos, macaneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative macanead
	dative	macaneadme	not used	macaneadle	macaneadnos	macaneaos	macaneadles
	accusative	macaneadme	not used	macaneadlo, macaneadla	macaneadnos	macaneaos	macaneadlos, macaneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative macaneen
	dative	macanéenme	not used	macanéenle	macanéennos	not used	macanéenles, macanéense
	accusative	macanéenme	not used	macanéenlo, macanéenla	macanéennos	not used	macanéenlos, macanéenlas, macanéense

Derived terms

• macaneador

 

Further reading

• “macanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28