chainear

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shine + -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaineˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: chai‧ne‧ar

Verb

chainear (first-person singular present chaineo, first-person singular preterite chaineé, past participle chaineado)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Northern Mexico) to polish (shoes)
    Synonym: lustrar
  2. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Northern Mexico) to clean (something)
    Synonym: limpiar
  3. (pronominal, intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) to tidy, neaten, or organize oneself, especially in order to be well-dressed
    Synonym: arreglarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chainear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive chainear
gerund chaineando
past participle masculine feminine
singular chaineado chaineada
plural chaineados chaineadas
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 chaineo chaineastú
chaineásvos 		chainea chaineamos chaineáis chainean
imperfect chaineaba chaineabas chaineaba chaineábamos chaineabais chaineaban
preterite chaineé chaineaste chaineó chaineamos chaineasteis chainearon
future chainearé chainearás chaineará chainearemos chainearéis chainearán
conditional chainearía chainearías chainearía chainearíamos chainearíais chainearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chainee chaineestú
chaineésvos2 		chainee chaineemos chaineéis chaineen
imperfect
(ra) 		chaineara chainearas chaineara chaineáramos chainearais chainearan
imperfect
(se) 		chainease chaineases chainease chaineásemos chaineaseis chaineasen
future1 chaineare chaineares chaineare chaineáremos chaineareis chainearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative chaineatú
chaineávos 		chainee chaineemos chainead chaineen
negative no chainees no chainee no chaineemos no chaineéis no chaineen

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

    Selected combined forms of chainear

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 chainear dative chainearme chainearte chainearle, chainearse chainearnos chainearos chainearles, chainearse
accusative chainearme chainearte chainearlo, chainearla, chainearse chainearnos chainearos chainearlos, chainearlas, chainearse
with gerund chaineando dative chaineándome chaineándote chaineándole, chaineándose chaineándonos chaineándoos chaineándoles, chaineándose
accusative chaineándome chaineándote chaineándolo, chaineándola, chaineándose chaineándonos chaineándoos chaineándolos, chaineándolas, chaineándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chainea dative chainéame chainéate chainéale chainéanos not used chainéales
accusative chainéame chainéate chainéalo, chainéala chainéanos not used chainéalos, chainéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chaineá dative chaineame chaineate chaineale chaineanos not used chaineales
accusative chaineame chaineate chainealo, chaineala chaineanos not used chainealos, chainealas
with formal second-person singular imperative chainee dative chainéeme not used chainéele, chainéese chainéenos not used chainéeles
accusative chainéeme not used chainéelo, chainéela, chainéese chainéenos not used chainéelos, chainéelas
with first-person plural imperative chaineemos dative not used chaineémoste chaineémosle chaineémonos chaineémoos chaineémosles
accusative not used chaineémoste chaineémoslo, chaineémosla chaineémonos chaineémoos chaineémoslos, chaineémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chainead dative chaineadme not used chaineadle chaineadnos chaineaos chaineadles
accusative chaineadme not used chaineadlo, chaineadla chaineadnos chaineaos chaineadlos, chaineadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chaineen dative chainéenme not used chainéenle chainéennos not used chainéenles, chainéense
accusative chainéenme not used chainéenlo, chainéenla chainéennos not used chainéenlos, chainéenlas, chainéense

Further reading

  • “chainear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
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