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Spanish
Etymology
From tonto (“silly”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ton‧te‧ar
Verb
tontear (first-person singular present tonteo, first-person singular preterite tonteé, past participle tonteado)
- to do or say stupid things
- to flirt
- Synonym: flirtear
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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