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Spanish
Etymology 1
Deverbal from contonear.
Noun
contoneo m (plural contoneos)
- swaying
2015 October 24, “Miley Cyrus o la destrucción total de la inocencia infantil”, in El País:La elaborada y asombrosa actuación de Lady Gaga quedó eclipsada por completo por la provocadora aparición de Cyrus, que pasó de estar rodeada de osos de peluche y cubierta con un top infantil a perrear en braga y sujetador con el cantante Robin Thicke entre contoneos y muecas desafiantes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
contoneo
- first-person singular present indicative of contonear
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