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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cucurire, which is imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kakaɾeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧ca‧re‧ar
Verb
cacarear (first-person singular present cacareo, first-person singular preterite cacareé, past participle cacareado)
- (transitive) to boast about, to exaggerate the importance of
- (intransitive) to cackle; to laugh loudly
- (intransitive) to cackle (bird)
2023, Daniel A. Olivas, Cómo Salir con un Mexicano Volador: Relatos Nuevos y Escogidos:Mientras se acercaban la una a la otra, Belén notó que la gallina iba cacareando- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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