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Spanish
Etymology
From cotilla + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kotiʝeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kotiʎeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kotiʃeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kotiʒeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧ti‧lle‧ar
Verb
cotillear (first-person singular present cotilleo, first-person singular preterite cotilleé, past participle cotilleado)
- to gossip
- Synonyms: chismear, chismorrear, comadrear, copuchear, salsear
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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