racanear

Spanish

Etymology

See tacaño.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

racanear (first-person singular present racaneo, first-person singular preterite racaneé, past participle racaneado)

1. (colloquial) to skimp
   • 2015 July 7, “Pero sigue siendo el rey”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Es un arcano que no solo renuncia a cualquier atisbo de saludo, sino que racanea al principio en decibelios.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of racanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			racanear
gerund			racaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		racaneado		racaneada
		plural		racaneados		racaneadas
		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	racaneo	racaneastú racaneásvos	racanea	racaneamos	racaneáis	racanean
	imperfect	racaneaba	racaneabas	racaneaba	racaneábamos	racaneabais	racaneaban
	preterite	racaneé	racaneaste	racaneó	racaneamos	racaneasteis	racanearon
	future	racanearé	racanearás	racaneará	racanearemos	racanearéis	racanearán
	conditional	racanearía	racanearías	racanearía	racanearíamos	racanearíais	racanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	racanee	racaneestú racaneésvos2	racanee	racaneemos	racaneéis	racaneen
	imperfect (ra)	racaneara	racanearas	racaneara	racaneáramos	racanearais	racanearan
	imperfect (se)	racanease	racaneases	racanease	racaneásemos	racaneaseis	racaneasen
	future1	racaneare	racaneares	racaneare	racaneáremos	racaneareis	racanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		racaneatú racaneávos	racanee	racaneemos	racanead	racaneen
	negative		no racanees	no racanee	no racaneemos	no racaneéis	no racaneen

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

Further reading

• “racanear”, 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