chinchinear

From chinchín (“a rattle (baby's toy)”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃint͡ʃineˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧ne‧ar

chinchinear (first-person singular present chinchineo, first-person singular preterite chinchineé, past participle chinchineado) (colloquial)

1. (transitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) to entertain (a child) by shaking a rattle (a baby's toy)
2. (intransitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala) to shake a rattle (a baby's toy)
3. (transitive, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to pamper, coddle (someone)

   Synonyms: mimar, (dialectal) cundundear

   Su padre lo chinchineaba tanto de pequeño que ahora no sabe hacer nada por su cuenta.

   His father pampered him so much when he was little that he cannot do anything on his own.

• “chinchinear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “chinchinear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010