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Spanish
Etymology
After the Mexican comedian Cantinflas + -ear.
Verb
cantinflear (first-person singular present cantinfleo, first-person singular preterite cantinfleé, past participle cantinfleado)
- (intransitive) to gibber (to speak unintelligibly or incoherently)
2017 January 3, “Gasolinazo: Caracazo”, in El Nacional:Puede uno discutir si subieron demasiado de un golpe el día de ayer; si Peña Nieto prometió que ya no habría gasolinazos –aunque no lo haya vinculado a la reforma energética– y si la Secretaría de Hacienda, con sus dos secretarios hasta ahora, tiene un especial talento para cantinflear y explicar mal las cosas.- (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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