tantear

From tanto +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /tanteˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tan‧te‧ar

tantear (first-person singular present tanteo, first-person singular preterite tanteé, past participle tanteado)

1. to grope, to feel one's way, to search by feeling
2. (also figurative) to weigh up, to size up, to sound out
   • 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:

     Yo la busco indaga en la fragilidad emocional masculina, tantea nuevos modelos de convivencia y relación, adopta cierto espíritu de novela de caballerías (la entrega del cuaderno) y propone un modelo de discurso claramente indisociable de lo vital.

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3. to estimate

   Synonym: estimar

• “tantear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28