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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klokeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: clo‧que‧ar
Etymology 1
From cloc (“cluck”) + -ear.
Verb
cloquear (first-person singular present cloqueo, first-person singular preterite cloqueé, past participle cloqueado)
- (intransitive) to cluck
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From cloque + -ear.
Verb
cloquear (first-person singular present cloqueo, first-person singular preterite cloqueé, past participle cloqueado)
- (transitive) to catch tuna with a large hook
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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