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Spanish
Etymology
From pestaña (“eyelash”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pestaɲeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pes‧ta‧ñe‧ar
Verb
pestañear (first-person singular present pestañeo, first-person singular preterite pestañeé, past participle pestañeado)
- (intransitive) to blink
- Synonym: parpadear
- (intransitive) to bat an eyelid
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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